CVE-2012-2386

Publication date 22 May 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Integer overflow in the phar_parse_tarfile function in tar.c in the phar extension in PHP before 5.3.14 and 5.4.x before 5.4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted tar file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Status

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No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
php5	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.2
	11.10 oneiric	Fixed 5.3.6-13ubuntu3.8
	11.04 natty	Fixed 5.3.5-1ubuntu7.10
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.17
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not affected

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
php5	Upstream: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=a10e778bfb7ce9caa1f91666ddf2705db7982d68 Upstream: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=158d8a6b088662ce9d31e0c777c6ebe90efdc854 Vendor: http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2492

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-1481-1
PHP vulnerabilities
19 June 2012

CVE-2012-2386

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Patch details

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