CVE-2015-4605

Name	CVE-2015-4605
Description	The mcopy function in softmagic.c in file 5.x, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.4.40, 5.5.x before 5.5.24, and 5.6.x before 5.6.8, does not properly restrict a certain offset value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted string that is mishandled by a "Python script text executable" rule.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-307-1
NVD severity	medium
Debian Bugs	783099

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
file (PTS)	stretch (security), stretch	1:5.30-1+deb9u3	fixed
	buster, buster (security)	1:5.35-4+deb10u1	fixed
	bullseye	1:5.38-5	fixed
	sid	1:5.39-3	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin	Debian Bugs
file	source	(unstable)	(not affected)
php5	source	squeeze	5.3.3.1-7+squeeze27	DLA-307-1
php5	source	wheezy	5.4.41-0+deb7u1
php5	source	jessie	5.6.9+dfsg-0+deb8u1
php5	source	(unstable)	5.6.9+dfsg-1		783099

Notes

- file <not-affected> (Not reproducible with file, see #783108)
https://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commitdiff;h=f938112c495b0d26572435c0be73ac0bfe642ecd
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68819