CVE-2012-2329
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5 · Memory corruption
5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
Buffer overflow in the apache_request_headers function in sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c in PHP 5.4.x before 5.4.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long string in the header of an HTTP request.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)62%
AV:N/AC:L/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.
Official patch: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=820000 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=820000Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49014
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.4.3
- http://www.php.net/archive/2012.php#id2012-05-08-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53455
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61807
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75545
- https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c03839862