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PHP 5.x < 5.4.4 Memory Leak Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Web application abuses
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
2 years ago
Modified
Modified
2 years ago
Summary
PHP is prone to a memory leak ulnerability.
Insight
Insight
PHP allows passing invalid utf-8 strings via the xmlTextWriterWriteAttribute, which are then misparsed by libxml2. This results in memory leak into the resulting output.
Affected Software
Affected Software
PHP versions 5.x prior to 5.4.4.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Update to version 5.4.4 or later.