CVE-2017-9119 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause denial of service via crafted array operations in PHP, leading to memory consumption and application crashes.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-9119?
CVE-2017-9119 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in Netapp Clustered Data Ontap, published on 21 May 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The i_zval_ptr_dtor function in Zend/zend_variables.h in PHP 7.1.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering crafted operations on array data structures.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-9119?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Netapp Clustered Data Ontap, Netapp Storage Automation Store, Php Php.
How do I fix CVE-2017-9119?
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-2017-9119 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-9119 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Netapp Clustered Data Ontap
Sources
Also known as CLSA-2026-1772811390, CLSA-2026-1772813746, GHSA-r9gg-92mp-v9h5, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9119.