GLSA Bodhisattva
Joined: 25 Feb 2003 Posts: 3829 Location: Essen, Germany
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 2:10 pm Post subject: [ GLSA 200412-14 ] PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
Title: PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 200412-14)
Severity: high
Exploitable: remote
Date: December 19, 2004
Updated: May 22, 2006
Bug(s): #74547
ID: 200412-14
Synopsis
Several vulnerabilities were found and fixed in PHP, ranging from an information leak and a safe_mode restriction bypass to a potential remote execution of arbitrary code.
Background
PHP is a general-purpose scripting language widely used to develop web-based applications. It can run inside a web server using the mod_php module or the CGI version of PHP, or can run stand-alone in a CLI.
Affected Packages
Package: dev-php/php
Vulnerable: < 4.3.10
Unaffected: >= 4.3.10
Architectures: All supported architectures
Package: dev-php/mod_php
Vulnerable: < 4.3.10
Unaffected: >= 4.3.10
Architectures: All supported architectures
Package: dev-php/php-cgi
Vulnerable: < 4.3.10
Unaffected: >= 4.3.10
Architectures: All supported architectures
Description
Stefan Esser and Marcus Boerger reported several different issues in the unserialize() function, including serious exploitable bugs in the way it handles negative references (CAN-2004-1019). Stefan Esser also discovered that the pack() and unpack() functions are subject to integer overflows that can lead to a heap buffer overflow and a heap information leak. Finally, he found that the way multithreaded PHP handles safe_mode_exec_dir restrictions can be bypassed, and that various path truncation issues also allow to bypass path and safe_mode restrictions. Ilia Alshanetsky found a stack overflow issue in the exif_read_data() function (CAN-2004-1065). Finally, Daniel Fabian found that addslashes and magic_quotes_gpc do not properly escape null characters and that magic_quotes_gpc contains a bug that could lead to one level directory traversal.
Impact
These issues could be exploited by a remote attacker to retrieve web server heap information, bypass safe_mode or path restrictions and potentially execute arbitrary code with the rights of the web server running a PHP application.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All PHP users should upgrade to the latest version: Code: | # emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-php/php-4.3.10" | All mod_php users should upgrade to the latest version: Code: | # emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-php/mod_php-4.3.10" | All php-cgi users should upgrade to the latest version: Code: | # emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-php/php-cgi-4.3.10" |
References
PHP 4.3.10 Release Announcement
Hardened-PHP Security Advisory
SEC Consult Advisory
CAN-2004-1019
CAN-2004-1020
CVE-2004-1063
CVE-2004-1064
CVE-2004-1065
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