CVE-2011-0421
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.3
4.3CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
The _zip_name_locate function in zip_name_locate.c in the Zip extension in PHP before 5.3.6 does not properly handle a ZIPARCHIVE::FL_UNCHANGED argument, which might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via an empty ZIP archive that is processed with a (1) locateName or (2) statName operation.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)14%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43621Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057709.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057710.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056642.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469208622507&w=2
- http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53885Exploit