CVE-2017-11142 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause CPU exhaustion and denial of service by injecting long form variables into the PHP interpreter.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-11142?
CVE-2017-11142 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Php Php, published on 10 Jul 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In PHP before 5.6.31, 7.x before 7.0.17, and 7.1.x before 7.1.3, remote attackers could cause a CPU consumption denial of service attack by injecting long form variables, related to main/php_variables.c.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-11142?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Php Php.
How do I fix CVE-2017-11142?
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-2017-11142 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-11142 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Php Php
Sources
Also known as GHSA-54gj-pv8c-2qj3.