Improper Input Validation Affecting php5 package, versions <5.2.5-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.63% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-PHP5-395246
  • published10 Sept 2007
  • disclosed10 Sept 2007

Introduced: 10 Sep 2007

CVE-2007-4783  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 php5 to version 5.2.5-1 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 iconv_substr function in PHP 5.2.4 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause (1) a denial of service (application crash) via a long string in the charset parameter, probably also requiring a long string in the str parameter; or (2) a denial of service (temporary application hang) via a long string in the str parameter. 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 Base Scores

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