Vulnerability CVE-2007-4887
Published: 2007-09-13   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
The dl function in PHP 5.2.4 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long string in the library parameter. NOTE: there are limited usage scenarios under which this would be a vulnerability.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
PHP <=5.2.4 extension_dir bypass & code exec & denial of service - windows version
laurent gaffie
14.09.2007

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
PHP -> PHP 

 References:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01345501
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3133
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0242
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.5
http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_5.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478985/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478988/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491693/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26403
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3825
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0398
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1943
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5767
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