CVE-2015-4604

Publication date 17 June 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

The mget function in softmagic.c in file 5.x, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.4.40, 5.5.x before 5.5.24, and 5.6.x before 5.6.8, does not properly maintain a certain pointer relationship, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted string that is mishandled by a "Python script text executable" rule.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
file 16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily
Not affected
15.04 vivid Ignored end of life
14.10 utopic Ignored end of life
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
php5 16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
15.10 wily
Fixed 5.6.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1
15.04 vivid
Fixed 5.6.4+dfsg-4ubuntu6.2
14.10 utopic
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected

Notes


mdeslaur

introduced by http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=eeaec70 can't reproduce with file

Patch details

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Package Patch details
php5

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

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