RULE(RULE ID:310391)

Rule General Information
Release Date: 2015-06-23
Rule Name: PHP Xml_parse_into_struct Heap Memory Corruption Vulnerability -1 (CVE-2013-4113)
Severity:
CVE ID:
Rule Protection Details
Description: ext/xml/xml.c in PHP before 5.3.27 does not properly consider parsing depth, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document that is processed by the xml_parse_into_struct function.
Impact: An attacker can execute arbitrary code in the context of the vulnerable system. Failed exploit may cause denial-of-service attack.
Affected OS: Solaris, FreeBSD, Windows, Linux, Other Unix, Mac OS
Reference: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git
a=commit
h=7d163e8a0880ae8af2dd869071393e5dc07ef271
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00034.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-08/msg00006.html
Solutions
More advisories have been published on the website, please visit for more suggestions:
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.3.27
http://php.net/archive/2013.php#id2013-07-11-1