15183 : PHP getimagesize() php_handle_iff() Function DoS
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
8	813	over 6 years ago	about 1 year ago	1 times	100%

Timeline

Discovery Date	Vendor Informed Date	Vendor Ack Date	Disclosure Date
2005-02-23	2005-02-23	2005-02-23	2005-03-31

Keywords

SCOSA-2005.49

Description

PHP contains a flaw that may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. The issue is due to the php_handle_iff function in image.c, as reachable by the getimagesize PHP function, not properly sanitizing user-supplied input. By passing a malformed value to this function, an attacker can cause an infinite loop and exhaust all system resources.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service, Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Rumored
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified, Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 4.3.11, 5.0.4 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

The PHP Group	PHP	4.2.2
		4.3.9
		4.3.10
		5.0.3

References

Security Tracker: 1013619
SCIP VulDB ID: 1318
Secunia Advisory ID: 14792 14828 14855 14942 14973 14975 14988 15005 15182 15481 17645
Related OSVDB ID: 15184
CVE ID: 2005-0524 (see also: NVD)
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/openserver5/507/mp/osr507mp4/osr507mp4.htm ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301742
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-03/0548.html
Other Advisory URL: http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=000955
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2005-Apr/0004.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-405.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200504-15.xml
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.437272
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=222&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=true
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:072
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-105-1
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-112-1
Vendor URL: http://www.php.net/
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://www.php.net/release_4_3_11.php
Keyword: SCOSA-2005.49

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Credit

Anonymous - iDefense Labs VCP

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-06-07 | Disagree?

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