medium5.0
CVE-2007-3998
The wordwrap function in PHP 4 before 4.4.8, and PHP 5 before 5.2.4, does not properly use the breakcharlen variable, which allows remote attackers to cause a …
Impact
The wordwrap function in PHP 4 before 4.4.8, and PHP 5 before 5.2.4, does not properly use the breakcharlen variable, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash, or infinite loop) via certain arguments, as demonstrated by a 'chr(0), 0, ""' argument set.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Php | Php | from 4.0.0 before 4.4.8 from 5.0.0 before 5.2.4 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Versions 3.1, 4.0 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 6.06, 6.10, 7.04, 7.10 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0889.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26642
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26822
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26838
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26871
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26895
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26930
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26967
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27102
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27377
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27545
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27864
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28249
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28658
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30288
- http://secweb.se/en/advisories/php-wordwrap-vulnerability/
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-449.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1444
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1578
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:187
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.4
- http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_4.php
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0890.html