Fluid Attacks Database

Description

A flaw was found in the way PHP parsed multipart HTTP POST requests. A specially crafted request could cause PHP to use an excessive amount of CPU time.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Component	Affected version	Patched versions
rpm rhel6	php	<0:5.3.3-46.el6_6	0:5.3.3-46.el6_6
rpm rhel5	php	-	-
rpm rhel7	php	<0:5.4.16-36.el7_1	0:5.4.16-36.el7_1
rpm rhel5	php53	-	-

Aliases

1. CVE-2015-40242. NVD-2015-40243. OSV-2015-4024

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