National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-2687
Original release date:08/05/2009
Last revised:08/12/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The exif_read_data function in the Exif module in PHP before 5.2.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed JPEG image with invalid offset fields, a different issue than CVE-2005-3353.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown
- Official Statement from Red Hat (08/06/2009)
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Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-2687
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having moderate security impact, a future update will address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/
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External Source: XF
Name: php-exifreaddata-dos(51253)
Type: Patch Information
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-1632
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: BID
Name: 35440
Type: Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_10.php
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2009:167
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2009:145
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35441
Type: Advisory
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 55222
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=48378