CVE-2014-3981 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

32%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

81%

acinclude.m4, as used in the configure script in PHP 5.5.13 and earlier, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/phpglibccheck file.

acinclude.m4, as used in the configure script in PHP 5.5.13 and earlier, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/phpglibccheck file.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 3.3. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

PHP

First reported 10 years ago

2014-06-08 18:55:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2017-01-07 03:00:00

Affected Software

PHP 5.5.0

5.5.0

PHP 5.5.0 alpha1

5.5.0

PHP 5.5.0 alpha2

5.5.0

PHP 5.5.0 alpha3

5.5.0

PHP 5.5.0 alpha4

5.5.0

PHP 5.5.0 alpha5

5.5.0

PHP 5.5.0 alpha6

5.5.0

PHP 5.5.0 beta1

5.5.0

PHP 5.5.0 beta2

5.5.0

PHP 5.5.0 beta3

5.5.0

PHP 5.5.0 beta4

5.5.0

PHP 5.5.0 release candidate 1

5.5.0

PHP 5.5.0 release candidate 2

5.5.0

PHP 5.5.1

5.5.1

PHP 5.5.2

5.5.2

PHP 5.5.3

5.5.3

PHP 5.5.4

5.5.4

PHP 5.5.5

5.5.5

PHP 5.5.6

5.5.6

PHP 5.5.7

5.5.7

PHP 5.5.8

5.5.8

PHP 5.5.9

5.5.9

PHP 5.5.10

5.5.10

PHP 5.5.11

5.5.11

PHP 5.5.12

5.5.12

PHP PHP

References

http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=91bcadd85e20e50d3f8c2e9721327681640e6f16

Patch

APPLE-SA-2015-04-08-2

SSRT101681

HPSBUX03150

[oss-security] 20140606 Re: CVE request: PHP configure script and Lynis tool /tmp/ issues reported on full disclosure

20140604 More /tmp fun (PHP, Lynis)

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6443

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21683486

https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67390

Patch

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1104978

https://support.apple.com/HT204659

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