CVE-2015-4605

Publication date 18 June 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

The mcopy function in softmagic.c in file 5.x, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.4.40, 5.5.x before 5.5.24, and 5.6.x before 5.6.8, does not properly restrict a certain offset value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted string that is mishandled by a "Python script text executable" rule.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
file	15.04 vivid	Not affected
	14.10 utopic	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
php5	15.04 vivid	Fixed 5.6.4+dfsg-4ubuntu6.2
	14.10 utopic	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected

Notes

sbeattie

unable to reproduce file crash on precise, trusty, or vivid

mdeslaur

same fix as CVE-2015-4604

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H