PHP up to 5.6.25 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in PHP up to 5.6.25. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2016-7411. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in PHP up to 5.6.25 (Programming Language Software). Affected is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 09/15/2016 as Version 7.0.11 as confirmed changelog (Website). The advisory is shared for download at php.net. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-7411 since 09/09/2016. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 09/16/2022).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 900012 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 196592 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Php5, Php7.0 Vulnerabilities (USN-3095-1)).

Upgrading to version 5.6.26 or 7.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (900012), SecurityFocus (BID 93009†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1036836†). The entries VDB-3695, VDB-5786, VDB-5794 and VDB-9021 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.6

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 900012
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OpenVAS ID: 14611
OpenVAS Name: Amazon Linux Local Check: alas-2016-753
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: PHP 5.6.26/7.0
Patch: github.com

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Sourcesinfo

Product: php.org

Advisory: Version 7.0.11
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-7411 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-7411
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-91632

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SecurityFocus: 93009 - PHP 'ext/standard/var_unserializer.c' Memory Corruption Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1036836

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/16/2016 19:39
Updated: 09/16/2022 18:47
Changes: 09/16/2016 19:39 (56), 04/18/2019 16:17 (22), 09/16/2022 18:47 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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