CVE-2007-3998

Publication date 4 September 2007

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Description

The wordwrap function in PHP 4 before 4.4.8, and PHP 5 before 5.2.4, does not properly use the breakcharlen variable, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash, or infinite loop) via certain arguments, as demonstrated by a 'chr(0), 0, ""' argument set.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
php4 9.10 karmic Not in release
9.04 jaunty Not in release
8.10 intrepid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
7.10 gutsy Not in release
7.04 feisty Not in release
6.10 edgy Ignored end of life, was needed
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life
php5 9.10 karmic
Not affected
9.04 jaunty
Not affected
8.10 intrepid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
7.10 gutsy
Fixed 5.2.3-1ubuntu6.1
7.04 feisty
Fixed 5.2.1-0ubuntu1.5
6.10 edgy
Fixed 5.1.6-1ubuntu2.7
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 5.1.2-1ubuntu3.10

Notes

kees

http://cvs.php.net/viewcvs.cgi/php-src/ext/standard/string.c?r1=1.445.2.14.2.63&r2=1.445.2.14.2.64&view=patch 200-string-wordwrap.patch

Patch details

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Package Patch details
php4

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-549-1
    • PHP vulnerabilities
    • 29 November 2007

Other references