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PHP EXIF Header Denial of Service Vulnerability (Windows)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
6.4
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
11 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
This host is installed with PHP and is prone to denial of service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to an integer overflow error in 'exif_process_IFD_TAG' function in the 'ext/exif/exif.c' file, Allows remote attackers to cause denial of service via crafted offset_val value in an EXIF header.
Affected Software
Affected Software
PHP version 5.4.0 beta 2 on Windows.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to PHP version 5.4.0 beta 4 or later.