PHP SplObjectStorage class unserialize() code execution

php-splobjectstorage-code-execution (59610) The risk level is classified as HighHigh Risk

Description:

PHP could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an error in the SplObjectStorage class unserialize() function. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code.

*CVSS:

Base Score: 7.5
  Access Vector: Network
  Access Complexity: Low
  Authentication: None
  Confidentiality Impact: Partial
  Integrity Impact: Partial
  Availability Impact: Partial
 
Temporal Score: 5.5
  Exploitability: Unproven
  Remediation Level: Official-Fix
  Report Confidence: Confirmed

Consequences:

Gain Access

Remedy:

Apply the patch for this vulnerability (Revision 300843), available from the PHP SVN repository. See References.

For other distributions:
Apply the appropriate update for your system. See References.

References:

  • Apple Web site: About Security Update 2010-005.
  • PHP SVN repository: fix SplObjectStorage unserialization (CVE-2010-2225).
  • PHP Web site: PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor.
  • Red Hat Bugzilla ¿ Bug 605641 : CVE-2010-2225 PHP unsafe unserialize() use flaw.
  • BID-40948: PHP 'SplObjectStorage' Unserializer Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
  • CVE-2010-2225: Use-after-free vulnerability in the SplObjectStorage unserializer in PHP 5.2.x and 5.3.x through 5.3.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or obtain sensitive information via serialized data, related to the PHP unserialize function.
  • DSA-2089: php5 -- several vulnerabilities
  • MDVSA-2010:139: php
  • MDVSA-2010:140: php
  • OSVDB ID: 65755: PHP SplObjectStorage Unserializer Use-after-free Arbitrary Code Execution
  • SA40268: PHP spl_object_storage_attach() Use-After-Free Vulnerability
  • SUSE-SR:2010:017: (java-1_4_2-ibm, sudo, libpng, php5, tgt, iscsitarget, aria2, pcsc-lite, tomcat5, tomcat6, lvm2, libvirt, rpm, libtiff, dovecot12)
  • SUSE-SR:2010:018: SUSE Security Summary Report

Platforms Affected:

  • Apple Mac OS X 10.6.4
  • Apple Mac OS X Server 10.6.4
  • Debian Debian Linux 5.0
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2008.0
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2008.0 X86_64
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 X86_64
  • Mandriva Enterprise Server 5
  • Mandriva Enterprise Server 5 X86_64
  • Mandriva Linux 2009.0
  • Mandriva Linux 2009.0 X86_64
  • Mandriva Linux 2009.1
  • Mandriva Linux 2009.1 X86_64
  • Mandriva Linux 2010
  • Mandriva Linux 2010 X86_64
  • PHP PHP 5.2.0
  • PHP PHP 5.2.1
  • PHP PHP 5.2.10
  • PHP PHP 5.2.11
  • PHP PHP 5.2.12
  • PHP PHP 5.2.13
  • PHP PHP 5.2.2
  • PHP PHP 5.2.3
  • PHP PHP 5.2.4
  • PHP PHP 5.2.5
  • PHP PHP 5.2.6
  • PHP PHP 5.2.7
  • PHP PHP 5.2.8
  • PHP PHP 5.2.9
  • PHP PHP 5.3.0
  • PHP PHP 5.3.1
  • PHP PHP 5.3.2

Reported:

Jun 18, 2010

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