CVE-2011-0421

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    CVE-2011-0421

    Published: 20 Mar 2011Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The _zip_name_locate function in zip_name_locate.c in the Zip extension in PHP before 5.3.6 does not properly handle a ZIPARCHIVE::FL_UNCHANGED argument, which might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via an empty ZIP archive that is processed with a (1) locateName or (2) statName operation.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/43621, http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2266, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:052, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:053, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:099, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0744, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0764, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0890, http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53885, http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17004, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688735, http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&revision=307867, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688735, http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057709.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057710.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056642.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469208622507&w=2, http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/96, http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8146, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002, http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php, http://www.php.net/archive/2011.php, http://www.php.net/releases/5_3_6.php, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517065/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46354, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66173

    Affected packages

    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