SB2020032006 - Multiple vulnerabilities in PHP
Published: March 20, 2020
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-7064)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within exif_read_data() PHP function. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application that uses the vulnerable function, trigger one byte out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.
2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-7066)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass certain security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to get_headers() PHP function silently truncates headers after receiving a NULL byte character. A remote attacker can abuse this behavior to bypass implemented security restrictions with in the application.
3) Stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-7065)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within php_unicode_tolower_full() function, as demonstrated by the mb_strtolower() call. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application that uses affected function, trigger stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.