CVE-2012-0789
Description
Memory leak in the timezone functionality in PHP before 5.3.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering many strtotime function calls, which are not properly handled by the php_date_parse_tzfile cache.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
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Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| php | php | {"endIncluding":"5.3.8"} | |
| php | php | 5.0.0 | |
| php | php | 5.0.1 | |
| php | php | 5.0.2 | |
| php | php | 5.0.3 | |
| php | php | 5.0.4 | |
| php | php | 5.0.5 | |
| php | php | 5.1.1 | |
| php | php | 5.1.2 | |
| php | php | 5.1.3 | |
| php | php | 5.1.4 | |
| php | php | 5.1.5 | |
| php | php | 5.1.6 | |
| php | php | 5.2.0 | |
| php | php | 5.2.1 | |
| php | php | 5.2.2 | |
| php | php | 5.2.3 | |
| php | php | 5.2.4 | |
| php | php | 5.2.5 | |
| php | php | 5.2.6 | |
| php | php | 5.2.7 | |
| php | php | 5.2.8 | |
| php | php | 5.2.9 | |
| php | php | 5.2.10 | |
| php | php | 5.2.11 | |
| php | php | 5.2.12 | |
| php | php | 5.2.14 | |
| php | php | 5.2.15 | |
| php | php | 5.2.16 | |
| php | php | 5.2.17 | |
| php | php | 5.3.0 | |
| php | php | 5.3.1 | |
| php | php | 5.3.2 | |
| php | php | 5.3.3 | |
| php | php | 5.3.4 | |
| php | php | 5.3.5 | |
| php | php | 5.3.6 | |
| php | php | 5.3.7 | |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00013.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00016.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48668
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.3.9
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53502
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=783609
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00013.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00016.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48668
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.3.9
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53502
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=783609
CWEs
CWE-399
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