CVE-2015-8835

NameCVE-2015-8835
DescriptionThe make_http_soap_request function in ext/soap/php_http.c in PHP before 5.4.44, 5.5.x before 5.5.28, and 5.6.x before 5.6.12 does not properly retrieve keys, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference, type confusion, and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted serialized data representing a numerically indexed _cookies array, related to the SoapClient::__call method in ext/soap/soap.c.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
php5 (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)5.6.40+dfsg-0+deb8u21fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
php5sourcewheezy5.4.44-0+deb7u1
php5sourcejessie5.6.12+dfsg-0+deb8u1
php5source(unstable)5.6.12+dfsg-1

Notes

https://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commitdiff;h=c96d08b27226193dd51f2b50e84272235c6aaa69
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70081
Fixed in 5.6.12, 5.5.28, 5.4.44
CVE assignment is for "The first problem" section of Bug 70081

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