36862 : PHP strcspn Function Overflow
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Disclosure

Aug 30, 2007

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Description

(Description Provided by CVE) : Multiple integer overflows in PHP 4 before 4.4.8, and PHP 5 before 5.2.4, allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (memory contents) or cause a denial of service (thread crash) via a large len value to the (1) strspn or (2) strcspn function, which triggers an out-of-bounds read. NOTE: this affects different product versions than CVE-2007-3996.

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Attack Type: Input Manipulation

Solution

Upgrade to version 4.4.8, 5.2.4 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

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