CVE-2015-4599

Publication date 17 June 2015

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The SoapFault::__toString method in ext/soap/soap.c in PHP before 5.4.40, 5.5.x before 5.5.24, and 5.6.x before 5.6.8 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (application crash), or possibly execute arbitrary code via an unexpected data type, related to a "type confusion" issue.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
php5	15.04 vivid	Fixed 5.6.4+dfsg-4ubuntu6.2
	14.10 utopic	Fixed 5.5.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.6
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.11
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.19

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
php5	Upstream: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=51856a76f87ecb24fe1385342be43610fb6c86e4

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 9.8 · Critical

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.8 · Critical
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2658-1
PHP vulnerabilities
6 July 2015

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-4599