CVE-2015-2301
HIGHEPSS 96th pctlDescription
Use-after-free vulnerability in the phar_rename_archive function in phar_object.c in PHP before 5.5.22 and 5.6.x before 5.6.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that trigger an attempted renaming of a Phar archive to the name of an existing file.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b2cf3f064b8f5efef89bb084521b61318c71781b
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00002.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143403519711434&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143748090628601&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/15/6
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1053.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1066.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1135.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1218.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3198
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:079
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73037
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031949
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2535-1
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68901
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1194747
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-10
- https://support.apple.com/HT205267
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