CVE-2017-11142

Description

In PHP before 5.6.31, 7.x before 7.0.17, and 7.1.x before 7.1.3, remote attackers could cause a CPU consumption denial of service attack by injecting long form variables, related to main/php_variables.c.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 50.03% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory php.net Vendor Advisory php.net Vendor Advisory php.net
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/0f8cf3b8497dc45c010c44ed9e96518e11e19fc3 third party advisory patch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/07/10/6 mailing list
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-12
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73807 vendor advisory
https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/a15bffd105ac28fd0dd9b596632dbf035238fda3 third party advisory patch
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php release notes vendor advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180112-0001/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99601 vdb entry
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4081 vendor advisory
http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php release notes vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-11142?
CVE-2017-11142 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-11142?
To fix CVE-2017-11142, 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-2017-11142 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2017-11142 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~50% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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