CVE-2015-5590

Publication date 20 July 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Stack-based buffer overflow in the phar_fix_filepath function in ext/phar/phar.c in PHP before 5.4.43, 5.5.x before 5.5.27, and 5.6.x before 5.6.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large length value, as demonstrated by mishandling of an e-mail attachment by the imap PHP extension.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
php5	15.04 vivid	Fixed 5.6.4+dfsg-4ubuntu6.3
	14.10 utopic	Ignored
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.13
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.20

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
php5	Upstream: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commitdiff;h=6dedeb40db13971af45276f80b5375030aa7e76f

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.3 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	Low
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	Low
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2758-1
PHP vulnerabilities
30 September 2015