CVE-2015-2783 Information disclosure in n/a

Medium 5.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can read sensitive memory or crash the application via crafted phar archives in PHP.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2015-2783?

CVE-2015-2783 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 9 Jun 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

ext/phar/phar.c in PHP before 5.4.40, 5.5.x before 5.5.24, and 5.6.x before 5.6.8 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted length value in conjunction with crafted serialized data in a phar archive, related to the phar_parse_metadata and phar_parse_pharfile functions.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-2783?

It affects 9 products.

Products include Apple Mac Os X, Php Php, Redhat Enterprise Linux, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node, Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node Eus and 3 more.

How do I fix CVE-2015-2783?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2015-2783 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-2783 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Apple Mac Os X vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2f6j-55rv-w4vc, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2783.

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