CVE-2012-2386 (GCVE-0-2012-2386)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-07-07 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:34
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
9 references
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|---|---|
| http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=823594 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61065 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE |
| http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/22/10 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://0x1byte.blogspot.com/2011/04/php-phar-exte… | x_refsource_MISC |
Date Public
2011-04-21 00:00
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