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CVE-2014-4721

LOWEPSS 92th pctl
2.6
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

The phpinfo implementation in ext/standard/info.c in PHP before 5.4.30 and 5.5.x before 5.5.14 does not ensure use of the string data type for the PHP_AUTH_PW, PHP_AUTH_TYPE, PHP_AUTH_USER, and PHP_SELF variables, which might allow context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory by using the integer data type with crafted values, related to a "type confusion" vulnerability, as demonstrated by reading a private SSL key in an Apache HTTP Server web-hosting environment with mod_ssl and a PHP 5.3.x mod_php.

CWE-200Information Exposure

How to fix

Remediation Available
libapache2-mod-php5Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3USN-2276-1
php5Ubuntu
Fixed in:5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3USN-2276-1
php5-cgiUbuntu
Fixed in:5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3USN-2276-1
php5-cliUbuntu
Fixed in:5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3USN-2276-1
php5-fpmUbuntu
Fixed in:5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3USN-2276-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

5.87%probability of exploitation in 30 days
92ndpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 92% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory2

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