CVE-2010-1917

Public Exploit

Description

Stack consumption vulnerability in PHP 5.2 through 5.2.13 and 5.3 through 5.3.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (PHP crash) via a crafted first argument to the fnmatch function, as demonstrated using a long string.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.53% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/40860 third party advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130331363227777&w=2 vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2089 vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0919.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42410 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00006.html vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58585 vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00000.html vendor advisory
http://www.php-security.org/2010/05/11/mops-2010-021-php-fnmatch-stack-exhaustion-vulnerability/index.html exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3081 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-1917?
CVE-2010-1917 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-1917?
To fix CVE-2010-1917, 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-2010-1917 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-1917 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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