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PHP 'type confusion' Denial of Service Vulnerability (Windows)

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

Denial of Service

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

10.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

7 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

This host is installed with PHP and is prone to denial of service vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

The flaw is due to 'type confusion' issues in 'ext/soap/php_encoding.c', 'ext/soap/php_http.c', and 'ext/soap/soap.c' scripts.

Affected Software

Affected Software

PHP versions prior to 5.6.7 on Windows

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

Upgrade to PHP version 5.6.7 or later.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)