PHP 5.2.4 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via (1) a long string in the out_charset parameter to the iconv function; or a long string in the charset parameter to the (2) iconv_mime_decode_headers, (3) iconv_mime_decode, or (4) iconv_strlen function. NOTE: this might not be a vulnerability in most web server environments that support multiple threads, unless these issues can be demonstrated for code execution.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade glibc | Jul 30, 2024 | Sep 12, 2007 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-lang/php. | Oct 30, 2017 | Sep 12, 2007 |
| Php | — | Upgrade to PHP version 5.2.5 | Oct 1, 2012 | Sep 12, 2007 |
| Php Fixed Iconv Functions To Limit Argument Sizes | — | Upgrade to PHP version 5.2.5 | Sep 16, 2010 | Sep 12, 2007 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade php4-readlineUpgrade php5-gettextUpgrade php5-fastcgiUpgrade php5-posixUpgrade php5-pcntlUpgrade php4-pgsqlUpgrade php5-sysvshmUpgrade php4-iconvUpgrade php5-develUpgrade php5-gdUpgrade php5-pspellUpgrade php5-sysvsemUpgrade php5-soapUpgrade php5-bz2Upgrade php4-pearUpgrade php4-ypUpgrade mod_php4-apache2Upgrade php4-fileproUpgrade php5-suhosinUpgrade php4-ctypeUpgrade apache2-mod_php5Upgrade php4-mcryptUpgrade php5-odbcUpgrade php4-ftpUpgrade php4-sysvsemUpgrade php5-pdoUpgrade php5-xmlreaderUpgrade php4-sysvshmUpgrade php5-jsonUpgrade php4-bcmathUpgrade php5-wddxUpgrade php5-opensslUpgrade php5-ldapUpgrade apache2-mod_php4Upgrade php5-mysqlUpgrade php4-gmpUpgrade php4-ldapUpgrade php4-calendarUpgrade php4-wddxUpgrade php4-domxmlUpgrade mod_php4-servletUpgrade php5-calendarUpgrade php4-mcalUpgrade php5-bcmathUpgrade php4-socketsUpgrade php4-zlibUpgrade php4-mhashUpgrade apache-mod_php4Upgrade php4-bz2Upgrade php5-gmpUpgrade php5-sqliteUpgrade php5-mcryptUpgrade suse-releaseUpgrade php5-hashUpgrade php4-curlUpgrade php4-fastcgiUpgrade php5-mbstringUpgrade php4-xsltUpgrade php5-tidyUpgrade php5-dbaUpgrade php5-xmlrpcUpgrade php4-shmopUpgrade php4-imapUpgrade php5-mhashUpgrade php4-dbaUpgrade php4-unixODBCUpgrade php5-exifUpgrade php4-mbstringUpgrade php5-pearUpgrade php5-pgsqlUpgrade php5-tokenizerUpgrade php4-exifUpgrade php4-sessionUpgrade php4-recodeUpgrade php4-mime_magicUpgrade mod_php4-coreUpgrade php5-domUpgrade php4-develUpgrade php5-ncursesUpgrade php4-gettextUpgrade php5-zipUpgrade php5-ftpUpgrade php5-shmopUpgrade php4-qtdomUpgrade php5-sysvmsgUpgrade php5-ctypeUpgrade php5-xslUpgrade php5-socketsUpgrade php5-xmlwriterUpgrade php4-swfUpgrade php5-iconvUpgrade php4-snmpUpgrade php5-imapUpgrade php4-mysqlUpgrade php5-dbaseUpgrade php4-gdUpgrade php4-dbaseUpgrade php5-snmpUpgrade php5-zlibUpgrade php5-curl | Feb 17, 2015 | Sep 12, 2007 |
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