CVE-2015-4024

Summary

CVECVE-2015-4024
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-06-09 18:59:06 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionAlgorithmic complexity vulnerability in the multipart_buffer_headers function in main/rfc1867.c in PHP before 5.4.41, 5.5.x before 5.5.25, and 5.6.x before 5.6.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted form data that triggers an improper order-of-growth outcome.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Mac Os X All All All All
Application Hp System Management Homepage All All All All
Operating System Oracle Linux 6 All All All
Operating System Oracle Linux 7 All All All
Operating System Oracle Solaris 11.2 All All All
Application Php Php 5.4.39 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.0 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.0 alpha1 All All
Application Php Php 5.5.0 alpha2 All All
Application Php Php 5.5.0 alpha3 All All
Application Php Php 5.5.0 alpha4 All All
Application Php Php 5.5.0 alpha5 All All
Application Php Php 5.5.0 alpha6 All All
Application Php Php 5.5.0 beta1 All All
Application Php Php 5.5.0 beta2 All All
Application Php Php 5.5.0 beta3 All All
Application Php Php 5.5.0 beta4 All All
Application Php Php 5.5.0 rc1 All All
Application Php Php 5.5.0 rc2 All All
Application Php Php 5.5.1 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.10 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.11 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.12 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.13 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.14 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.18 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.19 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.2 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.20 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.21 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.22 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.23 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.24 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.3 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.4 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.5 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.6 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.7 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.8 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.9 All All All
Application Php Php 5.6.0 alpha1 All All
Application Php Php 5.6.0 alpha2 All All
Application Php Php 5.6.0 alpha3 All All
Application Php Php 5.6.0 alpha4 All All
Application Php Php 5.6.0 alpha5 All All
Application Php Php 5.6.0 beta1 All All
Application Php Php 5.6.0 beta2 All All
Application Php Php 5.6.0 beta3 All All
Application Php Php 5.6.0 beta4 All All
Application Php Php 5.6.2 All All All
Application Php Php 5.6.3 All All All
Application Php Php 5.6.4 All All All
Application Php Php 5.6.5 All All All
Application Php Php 5.6.6 All All All
Application Php Php 5.6.7 All All All
Application Php Php 5.6.8 All All All
Application Php Php All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node Eus 7.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Document Display | HPE Support Center af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 h20566.www2.hpe.com Third Party Advisory
PHP :: Sec Bug #69364 :: PHP Multipart/form-data remote dos Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.php.net Exploit, Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: php-5.5.25-1.fc20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
APPLE-SA-2015-08-13-2 OS X Yosemite v10.10.5 and Security Update 2015-006 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: php-5.6.9-1.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
About the security content of OS X Yosemite v10.10.5 and Security Update 2015-006 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2015:0993-1: moderate: Security update for php5 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3280-1 php5 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Oracle Solaris Third Party Bulletin - July 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle Linux Bulletin - January 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
PHP 'main/rfc1867.c' Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
PHP Multipart POST Request Processing Flaw Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
PHP: PHP 5 ChangeLog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 php.net Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: php-5.6.9-1.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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