| Name | CVE-2015-8879 |
| Description | The odbc_bindcols function in ext/odbc/php_odbc.c in PHP before 5.6.12 mishandles driver behavior for SQL_WVARCHAR columns, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging use of the odbc_fetch_array function to access a certain type of Microsoft SQL Server table. |
| 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-499-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| 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 |
|---|
| php5 | source | wheezy | 5.4.45-0+deb7u3 | | DLA-499-1 | |
| php5 | source | jessie | 5.6.12+dfsg-0+deb8u1 | | | |
| php5 | source | (unstable) | 5.6.12+dfsg-1 | | | |
| php7.0 | source | (unstable) | 7.0.0-1 | | | |
Notes
Fixed in PHP 5.6.12, 7.0.0
PHP bug: https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69975