CVE-2015-4025: High severity apple ios and macos vulnerability

Published Jun 9, 2015
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Updated

PHP before 5.4.41, 5.5.x before 5.5.25, and 5.6.x before 5.6.9 truncates a pathname upon encountering a \x00 character in certain situations, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended extension restrictions and access files or directories with unexpected names via a crafted argument to (1) setincludepath, (2) tempnam, (3) rmdir, or (4) readlink. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2006-7243.

Affected Software

61 affected components
Apple iOS and macOS<=10.10.4
PHP PHP<=5.4.40
PHP PHP=5.4.39
PHP PHP=5.5.0
PHP PHP=5.5.0-alpha1
PHP PHP=5.5.0-alpha2
PHP PHP=5.5.0-alpha3
PHP PHP=5.5.0-alpha4
PHP PHP=5.5.0-alpha5
PHP PHP=5.5.0-alpha6
PHP PHP=5.5.0-beta1
PHP PHP=5.5.0-beta2
PHP PHP=5.5.0-beta3
PHP PHP=5.5.0-beta4
PHP PHP=5.5.0-rc1
PHP PHP=5.5.0-rc2
PHP PHP=5.5.1
PHP PHP=5.5.2
PHP PHP=5.5.3
PHP PHP=5.5.4
PHP PHP=5.5.5
PHP PHP=5.5.6
PHP PHP=5.5.7
PHP PHP=5.5.8
PHP PHP=5.5.9
PHP PHP=5.5.10
PHP PHP=5.5.11
PHP PHP=5.5.12
PHP PHP=5.5.13
PHP PHP=5.5.14
PHP PHP=5.5.18
PHP PHP=5.5.19
PHP PHP=5.5.20
PHP PHP=5.5.21
PHP PHP=5.5.22
PHP PHP=5.5.23
PHP PHP=5.5.24
PHP PHP=5.6.0-alpha1
PHP PHP=5.6.0-alpha2
PHP PHP=5.6.0-alpha3
PHP PHP=5.6.0-alpha4
PHP PHP=5.6.0-alpha5
PHP PHP=5.6.0-beta1
PHP PHP=5.6.0-beta2
PHP PHP=5.6.0-beta3
PHP PHP=5.6.0-beta4
PHP PHP=5.6.2
PHP PHP=5.6.3
PHP PHP=5.6.4
PHP PHP=5.6.5
PHP PHP=5.6.6
PHP PHP=5.6.7
PHP PHP=5.6.8
redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop=7.0
redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node=7.0
redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node Eus=7.1
redhat Enterprise Linux Server=7.0
redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus=7.1
redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation=7.0
redhat Enterprise Linux=6.0
redhat Enterprise Linux=7.0

Remediation

Patch Available

http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php

Patch Available

https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69418

Event History

Jun 9, 2015
CVE Published
via MITRE·06:00 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·06:00 PM
Description

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2015-4025?

CVE-2015-4025 has been rated as having high severity due to its potential to allow unauthorized file access.

2

How do I fix CVE-2015-4025?

To fix CVE-2015-4025, upgrade PHP to the latest version available, specifically 5.4.41, 5.5.25, or 5.6.9 or later.

3

What versions of PHP are affected by CVE-2015-4025?

CVE-2015-4025 affects PHP versions before 5.4.41, 5.5.x before 5.5.25, and 5.6.x before 5.6.9.

4

Can CVE-2015-4025 be exploited remotely?

Yes, CVE-2015-4025 can be exploited by remote attackers through crafted arguments.

5

What types of systems are vulnerable to CVE-2015-4025?

Systems running vulnerable versions of PHP, including those on macOS and various Red Hat Enterprise Linux distributions, are at risk.

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