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CVE-2011-1938

Stack-based buffer overflow in the socket_connect function in ext/sockets/sockets.c in PHP 5.3.3 through 5.3.6 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long pathname for a UNIX socket.

Published:May 23, 2011

Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025

EPS:May 31, 2011

EPSS Score:0.51858

CVSS Score:7.5

Affected Products

Vendor

Product

Action

Vendor

Php

Product

Php

Php

Php

Vendor

Redhat

Product

Enterprise Linux

Redhat

Enterprise Linux

Exploits

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17318/http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17318/https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17318 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17486

Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

CAPEC-10 Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables

CAPEC-100 Overflow Buffers

CAPEC-123 Buffer Manipulation

CAPEC-14 Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow

CAPEC-24 Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow

CAPEC-42 MIME Conversion

CAPEC-44 Overflow Binary Resource File

CAPEC-45 Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links

CAPEC-46 Overflow Variables and Tags

CAPEC-47 Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion

CAPEC-8 Buffer Overflow in an API Call

CAPEC-9 Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities

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References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469208622507&w=2

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/24/1

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/24/9

http://osvdb.org/72644

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8262

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8294

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5130

http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/trunk/ext/sockets/sockets.c?r1=311369&r2=311368&pathrev=311369

http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=311369

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2399

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17318/

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:165

http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.3.7

http://www.php.net/archive/2011.php#id2011-08-18-1

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1423.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49241

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67606

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469208622507&w=2

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/24/1

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/24/9

http://osvdb.org/72644

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8262

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8294

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5130

http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/trunk/ext/sockets/sockets.c?r1=311369&r2=311368&pathrev=311369

http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=311369

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2399

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17318/

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:165

http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.3.7

http://www.php.net/archive/2011.php#id2011-08-18-1

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1423.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49241

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67606

Common Vulnerability Scoring System

Attack Vector

Network

Adjacent

Local

Physical

Privileges Required

None

Low

High

User Interaction

None

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Changed

Confidentiality

None

Low

High

Integrity

None

Low

High

Availability

None

Low

High