PECL HTTP: Remote execution of arbitrary code — GLSA 201612-17

A buffer overflow in PECL HTTP might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Affected packages

Background

This HTTP extension aims to provide a convenient and powerful set of functionality for one of PHPs major applications.

Description

A buffer overflow can be triggered in the URL parsing functions of the PECL HTTP extension. This allows overflowing a buffer with data originating from an arbitrary HTTP request.

Impact

A remote attacker, through a specially crafted URI, could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-php/pecl-http-2.5.6"
 

References

• CVE-2016-5873

Release date
December 07, 2016

Latest revision
December 07, 2016: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

Bugzilla entries

• 587466