CVE-2013-6420
HIGHEPSS 98th pctlDescription
The asn1_time_to_time_t function in ext/openssl/openssl.c in PHP before 5.3.28, 5.4.x before 5.4.23, and 5.5.x before 5.5.7 does not properly parse (1) notBefore and (2) notAfter timestamps in X.509 certificates, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted certificate that is not properly handled by the openssl_x509_parse function.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://forums.interworx.com/threads/8000-InterWorx-Version-5-0-14-Released-on-Beta-Channel%21
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c1224573c773b6845e83505f717fbf820fc18415
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00125.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00126.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1813.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1815.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1824.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1825.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1826.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59652
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6150
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2816
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64225
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029472
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2055-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036830
- https://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c04463322
- https://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/advisory-012013-php-openssl_x509_parse-memory-corruption-vulnerability.html
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