PHP wddx extension information disclosure

php-wddx-information-disclosure (32493) The risk level is classified as LowLow Risk

Description:

PHP could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error in the wddx extension serialization handler. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially-crafted request with an overly long key_length value to obtain sensitive information.

*CVSS:

Base Score: 3.5
  Access Vector: Remote
  Access Complexity: Low
  Authentication: Not Required
  Confidentiality Impact: Partial
  Integrity Impact: None
  Availability Impact: None
 
Temporal Score: 2.7
  Exploitability: Proof-Of-Concept
  Remediation Level: Official-Fix
  Report Confidence: Confirmed

Consequences:

Obtain Information

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of PHP (5.2.1 or later), available from the PHP Web site. See References.

For Red Hat Linux:
Refer to RHSA-2007:0076-3, RHSA-2007:0081, RHSA-2007:0088, RHSA-2007:0089, or RHSA-2007:0082-5 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For Ubuntu Linux:
Refer to USN-424-2 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For OpenPKG:
Refer to OpenPKG Security Advisory OpenPKG-SA-2007.010 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For Mandriva Linux (php):
Refer to MDKSA-2007:048 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For Gentoo Linux (PHP):
Refer to GLSA 200703-21 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For SUSE Linux:
Refer to SUSE-SA:2007:020 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For Turbolinux (php):
Refer to TLSA-2007-20 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.

References:

  • MOPB-11-2007: PHP WDDX Session Deserialization Information Leak Vulnerability.
  • PHP Web site: Downloads- PHP 5.2.1.
  • The PHP Group Web site: PHP 5.2.1 Release Announcement.
  • ASA-2007-101: php security update (RHSA-2007-0076)
  • ASA-2007-136: php security update (RHSA-2007-081 RHSA-2007-0088)
  • BID-22496: PHP 5.2.0 and Prior Versions Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • BID-22806: PHP WDDX Session Deserialization Information Leak Vulnerability
  • CVE-2007-0908: The WDDX deserializer in the wddx extension in PHP 5 before 5.2.1 and PHP 4 before 4.4.5 does not properly initialize the key_length variable for a numerical key, which allows context-dependent attackers to read stack memory via a wddxPacket element that contains a variable with a string name before a numerical variable.
  • DSA-1264: php4 -- several vulnerabilities
  • GLSA-200703-21: PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities
  • MDKSA-2007:048: Updated php packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
  • OpenPKG-SA-2007.010: php
  • RHSA-2007-0076: Important: php security update
  • RHSA-2007-0081: Important: php security update
  • RHSA-2007-0082: Important: php security update
  • RHSA-2007-0088: Important: php security update
  • RHSA-2007-0089: Important: php security update for Stronghold
  • SA24089: PHP Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • SA24432: Avaya Products PHP Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • SA24642: Avaya Products php Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • SECTRACK ID: 1017671: PHP Buffer Overflows and Format String Bugs Permit Code Execution and Denial of Service
  • SUSE-SA:2007:020: PHP security problems

Platforms Affected:

  • Canonical Ubuntu 5.10
  • Canonical Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
  • Canonical Ubuntu 6.10
  • Debian Debian Linux 3.1
  • Gentoo Linux
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2006 X86_64
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2006
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2007
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2007 X86_64
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 X86_64
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Multi Network Firewall 2.0
  • Novell Linux POS 9
  • Novell Open Enterprise Server
  • Novell Open Enterprise Server
  • Novell OpenSUSE 10.2
  • Novell SLE SDK 10
  • Novell UnitedLinux 1.0
  • OpenPKG OpenPKG 2-STABLE
  • OpenPKG OpenPKG CURRENT
  • OpenPKG OpenPKG Enterprise E1.0-SOLID
  • PHP PHP 5.0.0
  • PHP PHP 5.0.0 Beta1
  • PHP PHP 5.0.0 Beta2
  • PHP PHP 5.0.0 Beta3
  • PHP PHP 5.0.0 Beta4
  • PHP PHP 5.0.0 RC1
  • PHP PHP 5.0.0 RC2
  • PHP PHP 5.0.0 RC3
  • PHP PHP 5.0.1
  • PHP PHP 5.0.2
  • PHP PHP 5.0.3
  • PHP PHP 5.0.4
  • PHP PHP 5.0.5
  • PHP PHP 5.1.0
  • PHP PHP 5.1.1
  • PHP PHP 5.1.2
  • PHP PHP 5.1.3
  • PHP PHP 5.1.4
  • PHP PHP 5.1.5
  • PHP PHP 5.1.6
  • PHP PHP 5.2.0
  • RedHat Application Stack v1 for EL AS 4
  • RedHat Application Stack v1 for EL ES 4
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 AS
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 ES
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 WS
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 AS
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 ES
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 WS
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 Desktop
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 WS
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 ES
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 AS
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 5
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 Client Workstation
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5.0
  • RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 Itanium
  • RedHat Stronghold
  • SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
  • SUSE SuSE Linux 10.0
  • SUSE SuSE Linux 10.1
  • SUSE SuSE Linux 9.3
  • SuSE SuSE Linux OpenExchange Server 4
  • SuSE SuSE Linux Retail Solution 8
  • SuSE SuSE Linux Standard Server 8
  • SuSE SuSE SLES 10
  • SuSE SuSE SLES 9
  • Turbolinux Turbolinux 10 Desktop
  • Turbolinux Turbolinux 10 F...
  • Turbolinux Turbolinux 10 Server
  • Turbolinux Turbolinux 10 Server x64 Ed
  • Turbolinux Turbolinux 8 Server
  • Turbolinux Turbolinux Home
  • Turbolinux Turbolinux Multimedia
  • Turbolinux Turbolinux Personal
  • Turbolinux Turbolinux Appliance Server 1.0 Hosting Ed
  • Turbolinux Turbolinux Appliance Server 1.0 Workgroup Ed
  • Turbolinux Turbolinux Appliance Server 2.0

Reported:

Feb 08, 2007

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