CVE-2011-4885
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
Description
PHP before 5.3.9 computes hash values for form parameters without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by sending many crafted parameters.
CVSS Metrics
- v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 86.57%• Percentile: 99%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-20•Improper Input Validation
The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.
Affected Systems
- Unknown•PHP
≤ 5.3.8 | 5.0.0 | 5.0.0:beta1 | 5.0.0:beta2 | 5.0.0:beta3 | 5.0.0:beta4 | 5.0.0:rc1 | 5.0.0:rc2 | 5.0.0:rc3 | 5.0.1 | 5.0.2 | 5.0.3 | 5.0.4 | 5.0.5 | 5.1.1 | 5.1.2 | 5.1.3 | 5.1.4 | 5.1.5 | 5.1.6 | 5.2.0 | 5.2.1 | 5.2.2 | 5.2.3 | 5.2.4 | 5.2.5 | 5.2.6 | 5.2.7 | 5.2.8 | 5.2.9 | 5.2.10 | 5.2.11 | 5.2.12 | 5.2.14 | 5.2.15 | 5.2.16 | 5.2.17 | 5.3.0 | 5.3.1 | 5.3.2 | 5.3.3 | 5.3.4 | 5.3.5 | 5.3.6 | 5.3.7
References (27)
- https://github.com/FireFart/HashCollision-DOS-POC/blob/master/HashtablePOC.py
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03360041
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026473
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47404
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469208622507&w=2
- http://www.nruns.com/_downloads/advisory28122011.pdf
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72021
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18296
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2399
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00013.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:197
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18305
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00016.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48668
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2012-0019.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51193
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2012-392727.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/903934
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=321003
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=321040
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0071.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=132871655717248&w=2
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2011-12/0181.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2011-003.html