SB2018100321 - Multiple vulnerabilities in PHP

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SB2018100321 - Multiple vulnerabilities in PHP

Published: October 3, 2018 Updated: June 8, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2018100321
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2009-1271)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

The JSON_parser function (ext/json/JSON_parser.c) in PHP 5.2.x before 5.2.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a malformed string to the json_decode API function.


2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2009-1272)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

The php_zip_make_relative_path function in php_zip.c in PHP 5.2.x before 5.2.9 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a ZIP file that contains filenames with relative paths, which is not properly handled during extraction.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References