Php · Mod Php · CVE-2014-4721
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
PHP versions prior to 5.4.30
PHP versions 5.5.x prior to 5.5.14
**Description**
The issue is related to a "type confusion" vulnerability in the phpinfo implementation, which might allow context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory by using the integer data type with crafted values for the `PHP AUTH PW`, `PHP AUTH TYPE`, `PHP AUTH USER`, and `PHP SELF` variables. This could potentially be exploited in an Apache HTTP Server web-hosting environment with mod ssl and a PHP mod php, as demonstrated by reading a private SSL key.
**Recommendations**
For PHP versions prior to 5.4.30, update to version 5.4.30 or later.
For PHP versions 5.5.x prior to 5.5.14, update to version 5.5.14 or later.
As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to sensitive information in the phpinfo output until a patch is applied.