UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4605

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4605

    Published: 18 Jun 2015Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-4605
    Aliases:
    USN-2658-1

    Summary:

    Details: The mcopy function in softmagic.c in file 5.x, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.4.40, 5.5.x before 5.5.24, and 5.6.x before 5.6.8, does not properly restrict a certain offset value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted string that is mishandled by a "Python script text executable" rule.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4605, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2658-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-4605

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: php5

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-1ubuntu4.9?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.9

    Affected versions

    5.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2
    5.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu3
    5.5.6+dfsg-1ubuntu1
    5.5.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2
    5.5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu1
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu2
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu3
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.1
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.2
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.4
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.5
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.6
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.7

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High