PHP setlocale() denial of service
| php-setlocale-dos (36458) |  Low Risk |
Description:
PHP is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a vulnerability in the setlocale() function. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to segfault.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 5 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 4.1 |
| Exploitability: | Functional |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
For Gentoo Linux (PHP):
Refer to GLSA 200710-02 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Sep 04 2007 - 16:09:56 CDT: PHP < 5.2.4 setlocale() denial of service.
- PHP Web site: PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor.
- CVE-2007-4784: The setlocale function in PHP before 5.2.4 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long string in the locale parameter. NOTE: this might not be a vulnerability in most web server environments that support multiple threads, unless this issue can be demonstrated for code execution.
- GLSA-200710-02: PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities
- SUSE-SA:2008:004: php5 php4 Security Problems
Platforms Affected:
- Gentoo Linux
- Novell Linux Desktop 9
- Novell Linux Desktop 9 SDK
- Novell Linux POS 9
- Novell Open Enterprise Server
- Novell Open Enterprise Server
- Novell OpenSUSE 10.2
- Novell OpenSUSE 10.3
- Novell SLE SDK 10 SP1
- Novell SLE SDK 10
- Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1
- Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
- Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1
- PHP PHP 5.0.0
- PHP PHP 5.0.0 RC1
- PHP PHP 5.0.0 Beta4
- PHP PHP 5.0.0 Beta3
- PHP PHP 5.0.0 Beta2
- PHP PHP 5.0.0 RC2
- PHP PHP 5.0.0 RC3
- PHP PHP 5.0.0 Beta1
- PHP PHP 5.0.1
- PHP PHP 5.0.2
- PHP PHP 5.0.3
- PHP PHP 5.0.4
- PHP PHP 5.0.5
- PHP PHP 5.1.0
- PHP PHP 5.1.1
- PHP PHP 5.1.2
- PHP PHP 5.1.3
- PHP PHP 5.1.4
- PHP PHP 5.1.5
- PHP PHP 5.1.6
- PHP PHP 5.2.0
- PHP PHP 5.2.1
- PHP PHP 5.2.2
- PHP PHP 5.2.3
- SuSE SuSE SLES 9
Reported:
Sep 04, 2007
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