SB2013071301 - Buffer overflow in PHP 

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SB2013071301 - Buffer overflow in PHP

Published: July 13, 2013 Updated: July 28, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2013071301
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4113)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

ext/xml/xml.c in PHP before 5.3.27 does not properly consider parsing depth, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document that is processed by the xml_parse_into_struct function.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References