CVE-2015-8879 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash PHP applications by exploiting improper handling of SQL_WVARCHAR columns in the ODBC extension.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-8879?
CVE-2015-8879 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Php Php, published on 22 May 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The odbc_bindcols function in ext/odbc/php_odbc.c in PHP before 5.6.12 mishandles driver behavior for SQL_WVARCHAR columns, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging use of the odbc_fetch_array function to access a certain type of Microsoft SQL Server table.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8879?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Php Php.
How do I fix CVE-2015-8879?
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-2015-8879 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8879 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Php Php
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vhvh-8f85-cw7p, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8879.