Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-8923 - Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in PHP
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
The zend_string_extend function in Zend/zend_string.h in PHP through 7.1.5 does not prevent changes to string objects that result in a negative length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging a script's use of .= with a long string.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
NASL family CGI abuses NASL id PHP_7_0_19.NASL description According to its banner, the version of PHP running on the remote web server is 7.0.x prior to 7.0.19. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities : - A memory allocation issue exists in the zend_string_extend() function in file Zend/zend_string.h when concatenating strings due to a failure to prevent changes to string objects that result in a negative length. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or possibly other unspecified impact. (CVE-2017-8923) - A memory allocation issue exists in the i_zval_ptr_dtor() function in Zend/zend_variables.h when allocating large amounts of memory. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via crafted operations on array data structures, to cause a denial of service condition. (CVE-2017-9119) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 100420 published 2017-05-25 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/100420 title PHP 7.0.x < 7.0.19 Multiple Vulnerabilities code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(100420); script_version("1.5"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/24 18:56:10"); script_cve_id( "CVE-2017-8923", "CVE-2017-9119" ); script_bugtraq_id( 98518, 98596 ); script_name(english:"PHP 7.0.x < 7.0.19 Multiple Vulnerabilities"); script_summary(english:"Checks the version of PHP."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "The version of PHP running on the remote web server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "According to its banner, the version of PHP running on the remote web server is 7.0.x prior to 7.0.19. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities : - A memory allocation issue exists in the zend_string_extend() function in file Zend/zend_string.h when concatenating strings due to a failure to prevent changes to string objects that result in a negative length. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or possibly other unspecified impact. (CVE-2017-8923) - A memory allocation issue exists in the i_zval_ptr_dtor() function in Zend/zend_variables.h when allocating large amounts of memory. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via crafted operations on array data structures, to cause a denial of service condition. (CVE-2017-9119)"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php#7.0.19"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade to PHP version 7.0.19 or later."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No exploit is required"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/09/20"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/05/11"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/05/25"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:php:php"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_family(english:"CGI abuses"); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_dependencies("php_version.nasl"); script_require_keys("www/PHP"); script_require_ports("Services/www", 80); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("misc_func.inc"); include("http.inc"); include("webapp_func.inc"); port = get_http_port(default:80, php:TRUE); php = get_php_from_kb( port : port, exit_on_fail : TRUE ); version = php["ver"]; source = php["src"]; backported = get_kb_item('www/php/'+port+'/'+version+'/backported'); if (report_paranoia < 2 && backported) audit(AUDIT_BACKPORT_SERVICE, port, "PHP "+version+" install"); # Check that it is the correct version of PHP if (version =~ "^7(\.0)?$") audit(AUDIT_VER_NOT_GRANULAR, "PHP", port, version); if (version !~ "^7\.0\.") audit(AUDIT_NOT_DETECT, "PHP version 7.0.x", port); fix = "7.0.19"; if (ver_compare(ver:version, fix:fix, strict:FALSE) < 0) { report = '\n Version source : ' + source + '\n Installed version : ' + version + '\n Fixed version : ' + fix + '\n'; security_report_v4(port:port, extra:report, severity:SECURITY_HOLE); } else audit(AUDIT_LISTEN_NOT_VULN, "PHP", port, version);
NASL family CGI abuses NASL id PHP_7_1_5.NASL description According to its banner, the version of PHP running on the remote web server is 7.1.x prior to 7.1.5. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities : - A memory allocation issue exists in the zend_string_extend() function in file Zend/zend_string.h when concatenating strings due to a failure to prevent changes to string objects that result in a negative length. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or possibly other unspecified impact. (CVE-2017-8923) - A memory allocation issue exists in the i_zval_ptr_dtor() function in Zend/zend_variables.h when allocating large amounts of memory. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via crafted operations on array data structures, to cause a denial of service condition. (CVE-2017-9119) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 100421 published 2017-05-25 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/100421 title PHP 7.1.x < 7.1.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(100421); script_version("1.5"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/24 18:56:10"); script_cve_id( "CVE-2017-8923", "CVE-2017-9119" ); script_bugtraq_id( 98518, 98596 ); script_name(english:"PHP 7.1.x < 7.1.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities"); script_summary(english:"Checks the version of PHP."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "The version of PHP running on the remote web server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "According to its banner, the version of PHP running on the remote web server is 7.1.x prior to 7.1.5. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities : - A memory allocation issue exists in the zend_string_extend() function in file Zend/zend_string.h when concatenating strings due to a failure to prevent changes to string objects that result in a negative length. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or possibly other unspecified impact. (CVE-2017-8923) - A memory allocation issue exists in the i_zval_ptr_dtor() function in Zend/zend_variables.h when allocating large amounts of memory. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via crafted operations on array data structures, to cause a denial of service condition. (CVE-2017-9119)"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php#7.1.5"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade to PHP version 7.1.5 or later."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No exploit is required"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/09/20"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/05/11"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/05/25"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:php:php"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_family(english:"CGI abuses"); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_dependencies("php_version.nasl"); script_require_keys("www/PHP"); script_require_ports("Services/www", 80); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("misc_func.inc"); include("http.inc"); include("webapp_func.inc"); port = get_http_port(default:80, php:TRUE); php = get_php_from_kb( port : port, exit_on_fail : TRUE ); version = php["ver"]; source = php["src"]; backported = get_kb_item('www/php/'+port+'/'+version+'/backported'); if (report_paranoia < 2 && backported) audit(AUDIT_BACKPORT_SERVICE, port, "PHP "+version+" install"); # Check that it is the correct version of PHP if (version =~ "^7(\.1)?$") audit(AUDIT_VER_NOT_GRANULAR, "PHP", port, version); if (version !~ "^7\.1\.") audit(AUDIT_NOT_DETECT, "PHP version 7.1.x", port); fix = "7.1.5"; if (ver_compare(ver:version, fix:fix, strict:FALSE) < 0) { report = '\n Version source : ' + source + '\n Installed version : ' + version + '\n Fixed version : ' + fix + '\n'; security_report_v4(port:port, extra:report, severity:SECURITY_HOLE); } else audit(AUDIT_LISTEN_NOT_VULN, "PHP", port, version);