CVE-2011-0421

php/libzip: segfault with FL_UNCHANGED on empty archive in zip_name_locate()

Published Mar 20, 2011 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 13.5% KEV · Not listed
Description
The _zip_name_locate function in zip_name_locate.c in the Zip extension in PHP before 5.3.6 does not properly handle a ZIPARCHIVE::FL_UNCHANGED argument, which might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via an empty ZIP archive that is processed with a (1) locateName or (2) statName operation.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2262-2 php5 update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2266-1 php5 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-0447 The _zip_name_locate function in zip_name_locate.c in the Zip extension in PHP before 5.3.6 does not properly handle a ZIPARCHIVE::FL_UNCHANGED argument, which might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via an empty ZIP archive that is processed with a (1) locateName or (2) statName operation.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1126-1 PHP vulnerabilities
References
Link Providers
http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53885 cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057709.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057710.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056642.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469208622507&w=2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/43621 cve-icon cve-icon
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/96 cve-icon cve-icon
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8146 cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002 cve-icon cve-icon
http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&revision=307867 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2266 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17004 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:052 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:053 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:099 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.php.net/archive/2011.php cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.php.net/releases/5_3_6.php cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517065/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46354 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0744 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0764 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0890 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688735 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66173 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0421 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-0421 cve-icon
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
certcc
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 9:51 PM
Reserved
Jan 11, 2011, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 20, 2011, 2:00 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:27 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Jan 30, 2011, 12:00 AM