PHP Session Identifier Rejection Double Free Memory Corruption Vulnerability

BID:22971

Info

PHP Session Identifier Rejection Double Free Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 22971
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2007-1522
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Mar 15 2007 12:00AM
Updated: May 23 2007 11:58PM
Credit: Stefan Esser is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
+ Linux kernel 2.4.21
+ Linux kernel 2.4.19
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 10
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 10
SuSE Linux Professional 10.2 x86_64
SuSE Linux Personal 10.2 x86_64
S.u.S.E. UnitedLinux 1.0
S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux Standard Server 8.0
S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux School Server for i386
S.u.S.E. SUSE LINUX Retail Solution 8.0
S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux Openexchange Server 4.0
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 10.2
S.u.S.E. Open-Enterprise-Server 0
S.u.S.E. Novell Linux POS 9
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.0 OSS
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 10.0 OSS
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 10.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 10.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Openexchange Server
S.u.S.E. Linux Enterprise Server 9
S.u.S.E. Linux Enterprise Server 10
+ Linux kernel 2.6.5
S.u.S.E. Linux 9.3 x86-64
S.u.S.E. Linux 9.3 x86
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.1 x86-64
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.1 x86
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.1 ppc
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.0 x86-64
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.0 x86
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.0 ppc
PHP PHP 5.2.1
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 sparc
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 powerpc
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 i386
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 amd64
PHP PHP 5.2
+ Debian Linux 4.0 sparc
+ Debian Linux 4.0 s/390
+ Debian Linux 4.0 powerpc
+ Debian Linux 4.0 mipsel
+ Debian Linux 4.0 mips
+ Debian Linux 4.0 m68k
+ Debian Linux 4.0 ia-64
+ Debian Linux 4.0 ia-32
+ Debian Linux 4.0 hppa
+ Debian Linux 4.0 arm
+ Debian Linux 4.0 amd64
+ Debian Linux 4.0 alpha
+ Debian Linux 4.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

PHP Session Identifier Rejection Double Free Memory Corruption Vulnerability

PHP is prone to a double-free memory-corruption vulnerability.

Attackers may be able to exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the webserver process or to cause denial-of-service conditions.

This issue is proven to be locally exploitable. Remote attack vectors may also be possible, but this is yet to be confirmed.

This issue affects PHP versions 5.2.0 and 5.2.1.

Exploit / POC

PHP Session Identifier Rejection Double Free Memory Corruption Vulnerability

The following proof of concept is available:

Solution / Fix

PHP Session Identifier Rejection Double Free Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Solution:
Please see the references for more information.

References

PHP Session Identifier Rejection Double Free Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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