CVE-2014-4721

Publication date 6 July 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

The phpinfo implementation in ext/standard/info.c in PHP before 5.4.30 and 5.5.x before 5.5.14 does not ensure use of the string data type for the PHP_AUTH_PW, PHP_AUTH_TYPE, PHP_AUTH_USER, and PHP_SELF variables, which might allow context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory by using the integer data type with crafted values, related to a "type confusion" vulnerability, as demonstrated by reading a private SSL key in an Apache HTTP Server web-hosting environment with mod_ssl and a PHP 5.3.x mod_php.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
php5 14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3
13.10 saucy
Fixed 5.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2.6
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.13
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.26

Patch details

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Package Patch details
php5

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