CVE-2015-2301

Public Exploit

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the phar_rename_archive function in phar_object.c in PHP before 5.5.22 and 5.6.x before 5.6.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that trigger an attempted renaming of a Phar archive to the name of an existing file.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 17.60% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory php.net Vendor Advisory php.net
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
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References

Link Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3198 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2535-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2 vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00002.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031949 third party advisory vdb entry
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143748090628601&w=2 vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:079 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html third party advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1194747 third party advisory issue tracking
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143403519711434&w=2 vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00005.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT205267 third party advisory
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68901 vendor advisory exploit
http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b2cf3f064b8f5efef89bb084521b61318c71781b
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73037 third party advisory vdb entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1135.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1053.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/15/6 exploit mailing list
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-10 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1066.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1218.html third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-2301?
CVE-2015-2301 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-2301?
To fix CVE-2015-2301, 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-2015-2301 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2015-2301 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~18% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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