Information Exposure Affecting php-tidy package, versions <0:5.3.3-27.el6_5.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
9.94% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-PHPTIDY-2481698
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed6 Jul 2014

Introduced: 6 Jul 2014

CVE-2014-4721  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 php-tidy to version 0:5.3.3-27.el6_5.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2014-1012.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream php-tidy package and not the php-tidy package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

The phpinfo implementation in ext/standard/info.c in PHP before 5.4.30 and 5.5.x before 5.5.14 does not ensure use of the string data type for the PHP_AUTH_PW, PHP_AUTH_TYPE, PHP_AUTH_USER, and PHP_SELF variables, which might allow context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory by using the integer data type with crafted values, related to a "type confusion" vulnerability, as demonstrated by reading a private SSL key in an Apache HTTP Server web-hosting environment with mod_ssl and a PHP 5.3.x mod_php.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1