| 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 (attack range: remote) |
| Debian Bugs | 783099 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| file (PTS) | jessie | 1:5.22+15-2+deb8u4 | fixed |
| jessie (security) | 1:5.22+15-2+deb8u5 | fixed | |
| stretch | 1:5.30-1+deb9u2 | fixed | |
| stretch (security) | 1:5.30-1+deb9u1 | fixed | |
| buster, sid | 1:5.35-4 | fixed | |
| php5 (PTS) | jessie | 5.6.33+dfsg-0+deb8u1 | fixed |
| jessie (security) | 5.6.40+dfsg-0+deb8u2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| file | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | |||
| php5 | source | (unstable) | 5.6.9+dfsg-1 | medium | 783099 | |
| php5 | source | jessie | 5.6.9+dfsg-0+deb8u1 | medium | ||
| php5 | source | squeeze | 5.3.3.1-7+squeeze27 | medium | DLA-307-1 | |
| php5 | source | wheezy | 5.4.41-0+deb7u1 | medium |
- 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