| Name | CVE-2015-8865 |
| Description | The file_check_mem function in funcs.c in file before 5.23, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.5.34, 5.6.x before 5.6.20, and 7.x before 7.0.5, mishandles continuation-level jumps, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted magic file. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-460-1, DLA-499-1, DSA-3560-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 827377, 835032 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| file (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1:5.22+15-2+deb8u7 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 1:5.30-1+deb9u3 | fixed | |
| buster | 1:5.35-4+deb10u2 | fixed | |
| buster (security), buster (lts) | 1:5.35-4+deb10u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 1:5.39-3+deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 1:5.44-3 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 1:5.45-3 | fixed | |
| php5 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 5.6.40+dfsg-0+deb8u21 | fixed |
| php7.0 (PTS) | stretch (security) | 7.0.33-0+deb9u12 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 7.0.33-0+deb9u19 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| file | source | wheezy | 5.11-2+deb7u9 | DLA-460-1 | ||
| file | source | jessie | 1:5.22+15-2+deb8u2 | |||
| file | source | (unstable) | 1:5.24-1 | 827377 | ||
| hhvm | source | (unstable) | 3.12.11+dfsg-1 | 835032 | ||
| php5 | source | wheezy | 5.4.45-0+deb7u3 | DLA-499-1 | ||
| php5 | source | jessie | 5.6.20+dfsg-0+deb8u1 | DSA-3560-1 | ||
| php5 | source | (unstable) | 5.6.20+dfsg-1 | |||
| php7.0 | source | (unstable) | 7.0.5-1 |
http://bugs.gw.com/view.php?id=522
https://github.com/file/file/commit/6713ca45e7757297381f4b4cdb9cf5e624a9ad36
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71527
https://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=fe13566c93f118a15a96320a546c7878fd0cfc5e
PHP fixed in 7.0.5, 5.6.20, 5.5.34
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/11/7
Fix in HHVM: https://github.com/facebook/hhvm/commit/4e614ba041e24af8351afbb49c92444c0850f23b