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CVE-2014-4721

LOW 2.6 CVSS 2.0
Published
July 6, 2014
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
security@debian.org
Weakness
CWE-200
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Description

The phpinfo implementation in ext/standard/info.c in PHP before 5.4.30 and 5.5.x before 5.5.14 does not ensure use of the string data type for the PHP_AUTH_PW, PHP_AUTH_TYPE, PHP_AUTH_USER, and PHP_SELF variables, which might allow context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory by using the integer data type with crafted values, related to a "type confusion" vulnerability, as demonstrated by reading a private SSL key in an Apache HTTP Server web-hosting environment with mod_ssl and a PHP 5.3.x mod_php.

Affected products and versions

  • PHP — From 5.3.0 (including) to 5.3.29 (excluding)
  • PHP — From 5.4.0 (including) to 5.4.30 (excluding)
  • PHP — From 5.5.0 (including) to 5.5.14 (excluding)

References

  • lists.opensuse.org http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00035.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
  • lists.opensuse.org http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00046.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
  • rhn.redhat.com http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.html Third Party Advisory
  • rhn.redhat.com http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1766.html Third Party Advisory
  • secunia.com http://secunia.com/advisories/54553 Broken Link
  • secunia.com http://secunia.com/advisories/59794 Broken Link
  • secunia.com http://secunia.com/advisories/59831 Broken Link
  • twitter.com http://twitter.com/mikispag/statuses/485713462258302976 Third Party Advisory
  • www-01.ibm.com http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21683486 Third Party Advisory
  • www.debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2974 Third Party Advisory
  • www.oracle.com http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html Third Party Advisory
  • www.php.net http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php Vendor Advisory
  • bugs.php.net https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67498 Vendor Advisory
  • www.sektioneins.de https://www.sektioneins.de/en/blog/14-07-04-phpinfo-infoleak.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record