Integer overflow in the phar_parse_tarfile function in tar.c in the phar extension in PHP before 5.3.14 and 5.4.x before 5.4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted tar file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Php | Php | * | 5.3.13 (including) |
| Php | Php | 5.4.0 (including) | 5.4.4 (excluding) |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | RedHat | php53-0:5.3.3-13.el5_8 | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | RedHat | php-0:5.3.3-14.el6_3 | * |
| Php5 | Ubuntu | lucid | * |
| Php5 | Ubuntu | natty | * |
| Php5 | Ubuntu | oneiric | * |
| Php5 | Ubuntu | precise | * |
| Php5 | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
References
- http://0x1byte.blogspot.com/2011/04/php-phar-extension-heap-overflow.html
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=158d8a6b088662ce9d31e0c777c6ebe90efdc854
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00003.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/22/10
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61065
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=823594
- http://0x1byte.blogspot.com/2011/04/php-phar-extension-heap-overflow.html
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=158d8a6b088662ce9d31e0c777c6ebe90efdc854
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00003.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/22/10
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61065
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=823594