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CVE-2007-4887 Detail

Description

The dl function in PHP 5.2.4 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long string in the library parameter. NOTE: there are limited usage scenarios under which this would be a vulnerability.


Metrics

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CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  4.3 MEDIUM
Vector:  (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (09/14/2007)

The argument passed to the dl() function must always be under the control of the script author. We therefore do not consider this to be a security issue.

Official Statement from Mandriva (09/18/2007)

Because the argument passed to the dl() function are always under the control of the author, Mandriva does not consider this a security issue.

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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
Up to (including)
5.2.4

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Change History

5 change records found show changes

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-4887
NVD Published Date:
09/13/2007
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE