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title: "CVE-2015-4147\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-4147

Publication date 9 June 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The SoapClient::\_\_call method in ext/soap/soap.c in PHP before 5.4.39,
5.5.x before 5.5.23, and 5.6.x before 5.6.7 does not verify that
\_\_default\_headers is an array, which allows remote attackers to execute
arbitrary code by providing crafted serialized data with an unexpected data
type, related to a "type confusion" issue.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4147?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| php5 | 15.04 vivid | Fixed 5.6.4+dfsg-4ubuntu6.2 |
| 14.10 utopic | Fixed 5.5.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.6 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.11 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.19 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4147?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

regression fixed in 5.4.40,5.5.24,5.6.8

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| php5 | * Upstream:   <http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=d5248f67b58ac3107fec82c5b937fc3f4c89784a> * Upstream:   <http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=0c136a2abd49298b66acb0cad504f0f972f5bfe8> * Upstream:   <http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=c8eaca013a3922e8383def6158ece2b63f6ec483> * Upstream:   <http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=75f40ae1f3a7ca837d230f099627d121f9b3a32f> * Upstream:   <http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=ff70b40dc978f3f4c457f72a71bb43fd17ee360b> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-4147)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4147)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-4147)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-4147)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2658-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2658-1)
+ PHP vulnerabilities
+ 6 July 2015

### Other references

* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/20/14>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-4147>