CVE-2011-3379 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The is_a function in PHP 5.3.7 and 5.3.8 triggers a call to the __autoload function, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing a crafted URL and leveraging potentially unsafe behavior in certain PEAR packages and custom autoloaders.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01085.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Php	Php

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.3.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.3.8:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2011-3342	The is_a function in PHP 5.3.7 and 5.3.8 triggers a call to the __autoload function, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing a crafted URL and leveraging potentially unsafe behavior in certain PEAR packages and custom autoloaders.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03360041
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8525
http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&revision=317183
http://www.byte.nl/blog/2011/09/23/security-bug-in-is_a-function-in-php-5-3-7-5-3-8/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/519770/30/0/threaded
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=55475
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=741020
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3379
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-3379

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2011-11-03T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:29:56.888Z

Reserved: 2011-08-30T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-3379

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2011-11-03T15:55:00.840

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-3379

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2011-09-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-3379 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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