CVE-2014-4049
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.1
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the php_parserr function in ext/standard/dns.c in PHP 5.6.0beta4 and earlier allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted DNS TXT record, related to the dns_get_record function.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| suse | 11.3 | affected | |
| debian | 7.0 | affected | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-07/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-07/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00051.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00032.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141017844705317&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1766.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59270
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59329
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59418
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59496
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59513
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59652
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60998
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6443
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21683486
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2961
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/13/4
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68007
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030435
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1108447
- https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/b34d7849ed90ced9345f8ea1c59bc8d101c18468
- https://support.apple.com/HT204659
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.