Input validation error in PHP - CVE-2007-4887

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows context-dependent attackers to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long string in the library parameter.

How to mitigate CVE-2007-4887

Sources

• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
• http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01345501
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27102
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27659
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28750
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30040
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3133
• http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0242
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml
• http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.5
• http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_5.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478985/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478988/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491693/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26403
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3825
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0398
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1943
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5767