CVE-2015-8866

Severity

68%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

106%

CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')

ext/libxml/libxml.c in PHP before 5.5.22 and 5.6.x before 5.6.6, when PHP-FPM is used, does not isolate each thread from libxml_disable_entity_loader changes in other threads, which allows remote attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) and XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attacks via a crafted XML document, a related issue to CVE-2015-5161.

CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 9.6. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 8 years ago

2016-05-22 01:59:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2019-02-14 18:49:00

Affected Software

PHP PHP

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10

15.10

References

http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=de31324c221c1791b26350ba106cc26bad23ace9

Vendor Advisory

openSUSE-SU-2016:1274

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

SUSE-SU-2016:1277

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

openSUSE-SU-2016:1373

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

RHSA-2016:2750

Third Party Advisory

[oss-security] 20160423 Re: CVE request: PHP issues fixed in 7.0.5, 5.6.20 and 5.5.34 releases

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php

Vendor Advisory

87470

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

USN-2952-1

Third Party Advisory

USN-2952-2

Third Party Advisory

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/+bug/1509817

Third Party Advisory

https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=64938

Vendor Advisory

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