CVE-2015-1352

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2015-03-30 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The build_tablename function in pgsql.c in the PostgreSQL (aka pgsql) extension in PHP through 5.6.7 does not validate token extraction for table names, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted name.

Affected products

macOS: through 10.10.5
PHP: before 5.4.40; from 5.5.0 before 5.5.24; from 5.6.0 before 5.6.8 — fixed in 5.4.40, 5.5.24, 5.6.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: PHP 5.4.40, 5.5.24, 5.6.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=124fb22a13fafa3648e4e15b4f207c7096d8155e
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143403519711434&w=2
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/24/9
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1053.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:079
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71932
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68741
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-10
https://support.apple.com/HT205267

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