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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Osx Php | — | Apply OS X security update 2008-002 | Dec 16, 2011 | Sep 13, 2007 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade php5 | Dec 10, 2025 | Nov 16, 2007 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-lang/php. | Oct 30, 2017 | Sep 13, 2007 |
| Hpux | — | Update hpuxwsAPACHE to the latest version | Aug 11, 2017 | Sep 13, 2007 |
| Php | — | Upgrade to PHP version 5.2.5 | Oct 1, 2012 | Sep 13, 2007 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade php53-sysvsemUpgrade php5-gettextUpgrade php5-mysqlUpgrade php53-odbcUpgrade php8-sqliteUpgrade php8-snmpUpgrade php53-mcryptUpgrade php5-hashUpgrade php53-xmlwriterUpgrade php5-bz2Upgrade php5-xslUpgrade php5-shmopUpgrade php8-pcntlUpgrade php8-xmlreaderUpgrade php5-jsonUpgrade php5-fastcgiUpgrade php8-exifUpgrade php8-sodiumUpgrade php5-zipUpgrade php53-sqliteUpgrade php5-gdUpgrade php5-suhosinUpgrade php8-posixUpgrade php5-sysvshmUpgrade php53-pcntlUpgrade php8-gettextUpgrade php8-mysqlUpgrade php5-ctypeUpgrade php5-pspellUpgrade php53-snmpUpgrade php53-readlineUpgrade php53-domUpgrade php8-iconvUpgrade php8-pgsqlUpgrade php53-ctypeUpgrade php53-develUpgrade php8-fpm-apacheUpgrade php53-soapUpgrade php5-gmpUpgrade php5-bcmathUpgrade php8-mbstringUpgrade php5-xmlrpcUpgrade php8-dbaUpgrade php5-snmpUpgrade php5-sysvsemUpgrade php5Upgrade php5-curlUpgrade php5-pearUpgrade php5-domUpgrade php8-ftpUpgrade php8-xmlwriterUpgrade php8-sysvshmUpgrade php8-tokenizerUpgrade php5-sysvmsgUpgrade php8-pharUpgrade php5-ldapUpgrade php53-calendarUpgrade php5-iconvUpgrade php8-soapUpgrade php8-fileinfoUpgrade php5-pdoUpgrade php5-mcryptUpgrade php53-tidyUpgrade php53-jsonUpgrade php53-sysvmsgUpgrade php8-sysvsemUpgrade apache2-mod_php8Upgrade php8-opensslUpgrade php53-socketsUpgrade php5-opensslUpgrade php53-fileinfoUpgrade php8-tidyUpgrade php53-mbstringUpgrade apache2-mod_php53Upgrade php8-ctypeUpgrade php53-shmopUpgrade php53-zlibUpgrade php5-xmlreaderUpgrade php53-pgsqlUpgrade php5-ftpUpgrade php5-odbcUpgrade php5-mbstringUpgrade php5-dbaseUpgrade php53-gmpUpgrade php53-bcmathUpgrade php53-curlUpgrade php5-calendarUpgrade php53-suhosinUpgrade php8-opcacheUpgrade php53-pearUpgrade php53-mysqlUpgrade php8-embedUpgrade php8-shmopUpgrade php53-bz2Upgrade php5-pcntlUpgrade php53Upgrade php53-opensslUpgrade php5-wddxUpgrade php53-xslUpgrade php8-fastcgiUpgrade php53-ftpUpgrade php53-ldapUpgrade php5-exifUpgrade php53-sysvshmUpgrade php8-enchantUpgrade php8-bz2Upgrade php53-wddxUpgrade php8-develUpgrade php8-odbcUpgrade php53-xmlreaderUpgrade php8-zipUpgrade php8-calendarUpgrade php8-zlibUpgrade php5-xmlwriterUpgrade php53-xmlrpcUpgrade php53-pdoUpgrade apache2-mod_php5Upgrade php53-gdUpgrade php5-dbaUpgrade php8-ffiUpgrade php8-intlUpgrade php5-zlibUpgrade php53-imapUpgrade php8-gmpUpgrade php8-bcmathUpgrade php5-tokenizerUpgrade php8-xslUpgrade php53-fastcgiUpgrade php8Upgrade php8-curlUpgrade php8-socketsUpgrade php8-domUpgrade php8-ldapUpgrade php53-tokenizerUpgrade php8-pdoUpgrade php8-fpmUpgrade php8-cliUpgrade php53-pspellUpgrade php5-pgsqlUpgrade php8-readlineUpgrade php53-zipUpgrade php53-gettextUpgrade php8-gdUpgrade php53-exifUpgrade php53-dbaUpgrade php5-soapUpgrade php53-intlUpgrade php53-iconvUpgrade php8-sysvmsgUpgrade php53-posix | Aug 9, 2024 | Jul 9, 2013 |
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