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CVE-2007-4783 Detail

Description

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.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  09/10/2007

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.0 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Allows disruption of service

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (09/12/2007)

We do not consider this to be a security issue. For more information please see http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=169857#c1 and http://www.php.net/security-note.php

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Hyperlink Resource
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3115
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0242
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478637/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491693/100/0/threaded
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1943

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

Vulnerable software and versions Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1
OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*    versions up to (including) 5.2.4

Denotes Vulnerable Software
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-4783
NVD Published Date:
09/10/2007
NVD Last Modified:
10/15/2018