Improper Input Validation Affecting php5 package, versions <5.2.4-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.99% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-PHP5-395219
  • published4 Sept 2007
  • disclosed4 Sept 2007

Introduced: 4 Sep 2007

CVE-2007-3998  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 php5 to version 5.2.4-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream php5 package and not the php5 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

The wordwrap function in PHP 4 before 4.4.8, and PHP 5 before 5.2.4, does not properly use the breakcharlen variable, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash, or infinite loop) via certain arguments, as demonstrated by a 'chr(0), 0, ""' argument set.

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