National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-1938

Overview

Stack-based buffer overflow in the socket_connect function in ext/sockets/sockets.c in PHP 5.3.3 through 5.3.6 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long pathname for a UNIX socket.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=311369

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=311369

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/trunk/ext/sockets/sockets.c?r1=311369&r2=311368&pathrev=311369

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/trunk/ext/sockets/sockets.c?r1=311369&r2=311368&pathrev=311369

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20110524 Re: CVE request: PHP socket_connect() - stack buffer overflow

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/24/9

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20110523 CVE request: PHP socket_connect() - stack buffer overflow

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/24/1

External Source: XF

Name: php-socketconnect-bo(67606)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/67606

External Source: BID

Name: 49241

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49241

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2011:1423

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1423.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.3.7

Hyperlink:http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.3.7

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.php.net/archive/2011.php#id2011-08-18-1

Hyperlink:http://www.php.net/archive/2011.php#id2011-08-18-1

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2011:165

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:165

External Source: EXPLOIT-DB

Name: 17318

Hyperlink:http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17318/

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-2399

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2399

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5130

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5130

External Source: SREASON

Name: 8294

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8294

External Source: SREASON

Name: 8262

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8262

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 72644

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/72644

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2012-02-01-1

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html