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-dbaUpgrade php5-exifUpgrade php4-gdUpgrade php4-snmpUpgrade php5-zlibUpgrade php5-iconvUpgrade php5-tokenizerUpgrade php5-mbstringUpgrade php4-recodeUpgrade php4-mysqlUpgrade php4-develUpgrade php4-qtdomUpgrade php5-curlUpgrade php5-tidyUpgrade php5-xmlwriterUpgrade mod_php4-coreUpgrade php4-unixODBCUpgrade php4-xsltUpgrade php5-snmpUpgrade php5-ctypeUpgrade php4-swfUpgrade php4-fastcgiUpgrade php4-mbstringUpgrade php5-imapUpgrade php5-ftpUpgrade php4-shmopUpgrade php5-pearUpgrade php5-socketsUpgrade php5-pgsqlUpgrade php4-mime_magicUpgrade php5-dbaseUpgrade php5-xmlrpcUpgrade php4-imapUpgrade php5-zipUpgrade php4-exifUpgrade php4-dbaseUpgrade php4-sessionUpgrade php5-shmopUpgrade php5-mhashUpgrade php5-domUpgrade php5-sysvmsgUpgrade php4-gettextUpgrade php5-xslUpgrade php5-ncursesUpgrade php5-dbaUpgrade php5-suhosinUpgrade php5-hashUpgrade php4-wddxUpgrade php4-ctypeUpgrade apache2-mod_php5Upgrade php4-fileproUpgrade php4-curlUpgrade php4-ldapUpgrade php5-gmpUpgrade php5-odbcUpgrade php5-bcmathUpgrade php4-mhashUpgrade php5-pdoUpgrade php5-wddxUpgrade php5-develUpgrade php5-calendarUpgrade apache-mod_php4Upgrade php4-ftpUpgrade php4-iconvUpgrade mod_php4-servletUpgrade php4-pgsqlUpgrade php4-mcryptUpgrade php4-calendarUpgrade mod_php4-apache2Upgrade php4-bz2Upgrade php5-sqliteUpgrade php4-zlibUpgrade php4-sysvsemUpgrade php4-ypUpgrade php4-domxmlUpgrade php4-gmpUpgrade apache2-mod_php4Upgrade php4-mcalUpgrade suse-releaseUpgrade php5-posixUpgrade php5-gdUpgrade php4-pearUpgrade php5-opensslUpgrade php4-readlineUpgrade php5-pspellUpgrade php4-bcmathUpgrade php5-mysqlUpgrade php4-socketsUpgrade php5-sysvshmUpgrade php4-sysvshmUpgrade php5-soapUpgrade php5-ldapUpgrade php5-sysvsemUpgrade php5-xmlreaderUpgrade php5-gettextUpgrade php5-bz2Upgrade php5-fastcgiUpgrade php5-pcntlUpgrade php5-jsonUpgrade php5-mcrypt | Feb 17, 2015 | Sep 12, 2007 |
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