Description
The SOAP parser in PHP before 5.3.22 and 5.4.x before 5.4.12 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a SOAP WSDL file containing an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue in the soap_xmlParseFile and soap_xmlParseMemory functions.
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+squeeze15 | DSA-2639-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | php5 | 5.6.28-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:10344-1 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | php7 | 7.0.14-1.4 | openSUSE-SU-2024:10290-1 |
Advisories 3
- DSA-2639-1 php5 - several vulnerabilities Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10290-1 apache2-mod_php7-7.0.14-1.4 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10344-1 apache2-mod_php5-5.6.28-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
References
- http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2013/CVE-2013-1824.html
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=188c196d4da60bdde9190d2fc532650d17f7af2d
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=918187
- APPLE-SA-2013-09-12-1 vendor-advisory
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=afe98b7829d50806559acac9b530acb8283c3bf4
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5880