CVE-2014-3597

Publication date 22 August 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Multiple buffer overflows in the php_parserr function in ext/standard/dns.c in PHP before 5.4.32 and 5.5.x before 5.5.16 allow remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted DNS record, related to the dns_get_record function and the dn_expand function. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4049.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
php5	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.4
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.14
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.27

Notes

jdstrand

incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4049

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
php5	Other: 2fefae4

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)