HTTP: PHP Group PHP ZIP Buffer Overflow

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability in the PHP. A successful attack can lead to a buffer overflow and arbitrary remote code execution within the context of the PHP.

Extended Description

Integer overflow in the _zip_cdir_new function in zip_dirent.c in libzip 0.11.2 and earlier, as used in the ZIP extension in PHP before 5.4.39, 5.5.x before 5.5.23, and 5.6.x before 5.6.7 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a ZIP archive that contains many entries, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected Products

Php php

References

CVE: CVE-2015-2331

Short Name

HTTP:PHP:CVE-2015-2331-BO

Severity

Major

Recommended

False

Recommended Action

Drop

HTTP: PHP Group PHP ZIP Buffer Overflow

Extended Description

Affected Products

References

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