Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the Streams component in PHP before 5.3.6 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by accessing an ftp:// URL during use of an HTTP proxy with the FTP wrapper.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 6.0 | php5 | 5.3.3-7+squeeze8 | DSA-2408-1 |
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 6 | php +25 | 5.3.3-3.el6_1.3 | RHSA-2011:1423 |
| RHEL 5 | php +18 | 5.1.6-27.el5_7.4 | RHSA-2012:0033 |
| RHEL 5 | php53 +20 | 5.3.3-1.el5_7.3 | RHSA-2011:1423 |
Advisories 3
- RHSA-2011:1423 Red Hat Security Advisory: php53 and php security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 26, 2026
- RHSA-2012:0033 Red Hat Security Advisory: php security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 26, 2026
- DSA-2408-1 php5 - several Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- MDVSA-2011:053 vendor-advisory
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- APPLE-SA-2011-10-12-3 vendor-advisory
- 46970 vdb-entry
- RHSA-2011:1423 vendor-advisory
- MDVSA-2011:052 vendor-advisory
- ADV-2011-0744 vdb-entry
- http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54092
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002