CVE-2012-0781

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2012-01-10
CWE:
CWE-476
Bugzilla:
782951: CVE-2012-0781 php: tidy_diagnose() NULL pointer dereference may cause DoS

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The tidy_diagnose function in PHP 5.3.8 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via crafted input to an application that attempts to perform Tidy::diagnose operations on invalid objects, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-4153.

Find out more about CVE-2012-0781 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 2.6
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (php) RHSA-2012:1046 2012-06-27

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 php Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 php53 Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 php Not affected

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