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CVE-2015-8935 Detail

Description

The sapi_header_op function in main/SAPI.c in PHP before 5.4.38, 5.5.x before 5.5.22, and 5.6.x before 5.6.6 supports deprecated line folding without considering browser compatibility, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks against Internet Explorer by leveraging (1) %0A%20 or (2) %0D%0A%20 mishandling in the header function.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  08/07/2016

Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.1 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 2.7
Exploitability Score: 2.8

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Changed
Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availability (A): None

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.3 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): None
Additional Information:
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Allows unauthorized modification

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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00025.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00003.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/20/3 Mailing List Patch
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68978 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/996faf964bba1aec06b153b370a7f20d3dd2bb8b?w=1 Issue Tracking Patch

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)

Vulnerable software and versions Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1
OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*    versions up to (including) 5.4.37
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:alpha4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:alpha5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-8935
NVD Published Date:
08/07/2016
NVD Last Modified:
01/04/2018