CVE-2007-0908

Description

The WDDX deserializer in the wddx extension in PHP 5 before 5.2.1 and PHP 4 before 4.4.5 does not properly initialize the key_length variable for a numerical key, which allows context-dependent attackers to read stack memory via a wddxPacket element that contains a variable with a string name before a numerical variable.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 13.00% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory trustix.org Vendor Advisory openpkg.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory suse.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory sgi.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1264 vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/24295 third party advisory
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0009/ vendor advisory broken link
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.010.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24195 third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017671 vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24606 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24642 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24217 third party advisory
http://osvdb.org/32766 vdb entry broken link
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-101.htm third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24248 third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32493 vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24514 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22496 vdb entry third party advisory patch
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1088 broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/24284 third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-424-2 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_1.php third party advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-21.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11185 vdb entry third party advisory signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/24432 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24421 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24089 third party advisory
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Mar/0003.html vendor advisory broken link
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2321 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0076.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24419 third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0089.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0088.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461462/100/0/threaded mailing list vdb entry third party advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-136.htm third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0082.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22806 vdb entry third party advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070201-01-P.asc vendor advisory broken link
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.1 third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:048 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.php-security.org/MOPB/MOPB-11-2007.html third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-424-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0081.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24322 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24236 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0546 permissions required vdb entry third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-0908?
CVE-2007-0908 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-0908?
To fix CVE-2007-0908, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-0908 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-0908 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~13% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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