Resource management error in PHP - CVE-2010-1917
Published: August 17, 2017 / Updated: June 8, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU110302
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-1917
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
Stack consumption vulnerability in PHP 5.2 through 5.2.13 and 5.3 through 5.3.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (PHP crash) via a crafted first argument to the fnmatch function, as demonstrated using a long string.
Affected software
PHP
Gentoo Linux
Slackware Linux
php
dev-lang/php
Gentoo Linux
Slackware Linux
php
dev-lang/php
How to mitigate CVE-2010-1917
Install update from vendor's website.
PHP - addressed in versions 5.2.14, 5.3.3
php - update to 5.2.14
dev-lang/php - update to 5.3.8
php - update to 5.2.14
dev-lang/php - update to 5.3.8
External References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00000.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130331363227777&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40860
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42410
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2089
- http://www.php-security.org/2010/05/11/mops-2010-021-php-fnmatch-stack-exhaustion-vulnerability/index.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0919.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3081
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58585