Resource Management Errors Affecting php package, versions [,5.4.41)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
35.87% (98th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-PHP-2335128
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed9 Jun 2015
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Jun 2015

CVE-2015-4024  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade php to version 5.4.41 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Resource Management Errors. Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in the multipart_buffer_headers function in main/rfc1867.c in PHP before 5.4.41, 5.5.x before 5.5.25, and 5.6.x before 5.6.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted form data that triggers an improper order-of-growth outcome.

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