PHP Array_User_Key_Compare Function Memory Corruption Vulnerability

BID:22990

Info

PHP Array_User_Key_Compare Function Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 22990
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2007-1484
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Mar 16 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 19 2015 08:10AM
Credit: Stefan Esser is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS amd64
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
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 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 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 5.1.6
PHP PHP 5.1.5
PHP PHP 5.1.4
PHP PHP 5.1.3 -RC1
PHP PHP 5.1.3
PHP PHP 5.1.2
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS sparc
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS powerpc
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS i386
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS amd64
PHP PHP 5.1.1
PHP PHP 5.1
PHP PHP 5.0.5
PHP PHP 5.0.4
PHP PHP 5.0.3
+ Trustix Secure Linux 2.2
PHP PHP 5.0.2
PHP PHP 5.0.1
PHP PHP 5.0 candidate 3
PHP PHP 5.0 candidate 2
PHP PHP 5.0 candidate 1
PHP PHP 5.0 .0
PHP PHP 4.4.5
PHP PHP 4.4.4
PHP PHP 4.4.3
PHP PHP 4.4.2
PHP PHP 4.4.1
PHP PHP 4.4 .0
PHP PHP 4.3.11
PHP PHP 4.3.10
+ Gentoo Linux
+ Red Hat Fedora Core3
+ Trustix Secure Enterprise Linux 2.0
+ Trustix Secure Linux 2.2
+ Trustix Secure Linux 2.1
+ Trustix Secure Linux 2.0
+ Trustix Secure Linux 1.5
PHP PHP 4.3.9
PHP PHP 4.3.8
PHP PHP 4.3.7
PHP PHP 4.3.6
PHP PHP 4.3.5
PHP PHP 4.3.4
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0 x86_64
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0 AMD64
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1
PHP PHP 4.3.3
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0 x86_64
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0
+ Turbolinux Home
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux 10 F...
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Desktop 10.0
PHP PHP 4.3.2
PHP PHP 4.3.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.1 ppc
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.1
+ OpenPKG OpenPKG Current
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 8.2
PHP PHP 4.3
PHP PHP 4.2.3
+ EnGarde Secure Linux 1.0.1
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 2.1 x86_64
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 2.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 8.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 7.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 8.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 7.0
PHP PHP 4.2.2
+ Gentoo Linux 1.4 _rc1
+ Gentoo Linux 1.2
+ OpenPKG OpenPKG 1.1
+ RedHat Linux 8.0 i386
+ RedHat Linux 8.0
+ S.u.S.E. Linux 8.1
PHP PHP 4.2.1
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.6
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.5
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.4
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.3
+ Slackware Linux 8.1
PHP PHP 4.2 .0
PHP PHP 4.2 -dev
PHP PHP 4.1.2
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.1.5
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.1.4
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.1.3
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.1.2
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.1.1
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.1
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.1
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.0.4
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.0.3
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.0.2
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.0.1
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.0
+ Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
+ Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
+ Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
+ Debian Linux 3.0 mips
+ Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
+ Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
+ Debian Linux 3.0 arm
+ Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
+ MandrakeSoft Multi Network Firewall 2.0
+ MandrakeSoft Single Network Firewall 7.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2 ppc
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2
PHP PHP 4.1.1
+ Conectiva Linux 7.0
PHP PHP 4.1 .0
+ S.u.S.E. Linux 8.0 i386
+ S.u.S.E. Linux 8.0
PHP PHP 4.0.7 RC3
PHP PHP 4.0.7 RC2
PHP PHP 4.0.7 RC1
PHP PHP 4.0.7
PHP PHP 4.0.6
+ Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1.1
+ Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1
+ Caldera OpenLinux Workstation 3.1.1
+ Caldera OpenLinux Workstation 3.1
+ HP Secure OS software for Linux 1.0
- IBM AIX 4.3.3
- IBM AIX 4.3.2
- IBM AIX 4.3.1
- IBM AIX 4.3
- IBM AIX 5.1
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 1.0.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1 ia64
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0 ppc
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.1
+ RedHat Linux 7.2 ia64
+ RedHat Linux 7.2 i386
+ RedHat Linux 7.2
+ RedHat Linux 7.1 ia64
+ RedHat Linux 7.1 i386
+ RedHat Linux 7.1 alpha
+ RedHat Linux 7.1
+ RedHat Linux 7.0 i386
+ RedHat Linux 7.0 alpha
+ RedHat Linux 7.0
+ S.u.S.E. Linux 7.3 sparc
+ S.u.S.E. Linux 7.3 ppc
+ S.u.S.E. Linux 7.3 i386
+ S.u.S.E. Linux 7.3
+ S.u.S.E. Linux 7.2 i386
+ S.u.S.E. Linux 7.2
+ Sun Cobalt RaQ 550
+ Sun LX50
+ Trustix Secure Linux 1.5
PHP PHP 4.0.5
PHP PHP 4.0.4
+ Compaq Compaq Secure Web Server PHP 1.0
+ Conectiva Linux 6.0
+ Guardian Digital Engarde Secure Linux 1.0.1
+ S.u.S.E. Linux 7.2
+ S.u.S.E. Linux 7.1 x86
+ S.u.S.E. Linux 7.1 sparc
+ S.u.S.E. Linux 7.1 ppc
+ S.u.S.E. Linux 7.1 alpha
+ S.u.S.E. Linux 7.1
+ S.u.S.E. Linux 7.0 sparc
+ S.u.S.E. Linux 7.0 ppc
+ S.u.S.E. Linux 7.0 i386
+ S.u.S.E. Linux 7.0 alpha
+ S.u.S.E. Linux 7.0
PHP PHP 4.0.3 pl1
+ S.u.S.E. Linux 6.4 ppc
+ S.u.S.E. Linux 6.4 i386
+ S.u.S.E. Linux 6.4 alpha
+ S.u.S.E. Linux 6.4
PHP PHP 4.0.3
PHP PHP 4.0.2
PHP PHP 4.0.1 pl2
PHP PHP 4.0.1 pl1
PHP PHP 4.0.1
+ Sun Cobalt Qube3 4000WG
+ Sun Cobalt Qube3 w/ Caching and RAID 4100WG
+ Sun Cobalt Qube3 w/Caching 4010WG
+ Sun Cobalt RaQ4 3001R
+ Sun Cobalt RaQ4 Japanese RAID 3100R-ja
+ Sun Cobalt RaQ4 RAID 3100R
PHP PHP 4.0 0
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
OpenPKG OpenPKG E1.0-Solid
OpenPKG OpenPKG Current
Gentoo Linux
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.10
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.9
Apple Mac OS X 10.4.10
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9
Not Vulnerable: PHP PHP 5.2.2
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 4.4.7
- Slackware Linux 10.2
- Slackware Linux 11.0
- Slackware Linux -current
PHP PHP 4.4.6

Discussion

PHP Array_User_Key_Compare Function Memory Corruption Vulnerability

PHP is prone to a memory-corruption vulnerability.

Attackers can 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.

The vulnerability affects these versions:

PHP 4.x but prior to 4.4.6
PHP 5.x but prior to 5.2.1

Exploit / POC

PHP Array_User_Key_Compare Function Memory Corruption Vulnerability

The following proof of concept is available:

Solution / Fix

PHP Array_User_Key_Compare Function Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Solution:
PHP 4.4.6 and 5.2.1 are reported unaffected by these issues.

Please see the references for more information.


PHP PHP 5.2

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.9

Apple Mac OS X 10.4.10

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.10

PHP PHP 4.0 0

PHP PHP 4.0.1

PHP PHP 4.0.1 pl1

PHP PHP 4.0.1 pl2

PHP PHP 4.0.2

PHP PHP 4.0.3 pl1

PHP PHP 4.0.4

PHP PHP 4.0.6

PHP PHP 4.0.7

PHP PHP 4.0.7 RC1

PHP PHP 4.0.7 RC3

PHP PHP 4.1 .0

PHP PHP 4.1.1

PHP PHP 4.1.2

PHP PHP 4.2 -dev

PHP PHP 4.2.1

PHP PHP 4.2.2

PHP PHP 4.2.3

PHP PHP 4.3

PHP PHP 4.3.1

PHP PHP 4.3.10

PHP PHP 4.3.11

PHP PHP 4.3.2

PHP PHP 4.3.3

PHP PHP 4.3.4

PHP PHP 4.3.6

PHP PHP 4.3.9

PHP PHP 4.4 .0

PHP PHP 4.4.1

PHP PHP 4.4.2

PHP PHP 4.4.3

PHP PHP 5.0 .0

PHP PHP 5.0 candidate 2

PHP PHP 5.0 candidate 3

PHP PHP 5.0.1

PHP PHP 5.0.3

PHP PHP 5.0.5

PHP PHP 5.1

PHP PHP 5.1.1

PHP PHP 5.1.2

PHP PHP 5.1.3 -RC1

PHP PHP 5.1.3

PHP PHP 5.1.4

PHP PHP 5.1.5

References

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