CVE-2011-1470 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can crash PHP applications by sending a malformed zip archive stream to the stream_get_contents function.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2011-1470?
CVE-2011-1470 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Php Php, published on 20 Mar 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Zip extension in PHP before 5.3.6 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a ziparchive stream that is not properly handled by the stream_get_contents function.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-1470?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Php Php.
How do I fix CVE-2011-1470?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2011-1470 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2011-1470 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Php Php
Sources
Also known as GHSA-38v8-mx2q-3jp7.