PHP 7.x Unserialization use after free

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in PHP 7.x. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Unserialization. The manipulation leads to use after free. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2016-7479. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in PHP 7.x (Programming Language Software). This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Unserialization. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In all versions of PHP 7, during the unserialization process, resizing the 'properties' hash table of a serialized object may lead to use-after-free. A remote attacker may exploit this bug to gain arbitrary code execution.

The bug was discovered 12/27/2016. The weakness was published 01/12/2017 with CheckPoint (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at blog.checkpoint.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-7479 since 09/09/2016. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 15 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 96800 (PHP 7.0.x < 7.0.15 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 196693 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Php5 Vulnerabilities (USN-3196-1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 1 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (96800) and SecurityFocus (BID 95151†). Similar entries are available at VDB-95027, VDB-95169, VDB-95170 and VDB-95171. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Use after free
CWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 96800
Nessus Name: PHP 7.0.x < 7.0.15 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 850584
OpenVAS Name: SuSE Update for php7 openSUSE-SU-2017:0588-1 (php7)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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09/09/2016 🔍
12/27/2016 +109 days 🔍
12/29/2016 +2 days 🔍
01/11/2017 +13 days 🔍
01/12/2017 +1 days 🔍
01/12/2017 +0 days 🔍
01/19/2017 +7 days 🔍
01/26/2017 +7 days 🔍
10/28/2022 +2101 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: php.org

Advisory: RHSA-2018:1296
Organization: CheckPoint
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-7479 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-7479
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-95195
SecurityFocus: 95151 - PHP CVE-2016-7479 Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-7479 - PHP - Use-After-Free Issue
SecurityTracker: 1037659

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/12/2017 10:31
Updated: 10/28/2022 12:18
Changes: 01/12/2017 10:31 (74), 07/20/2020 11:09 (9), 10/28/2022 12:18 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:F75:103

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