CVE-2007-4887

Publication date 14 September 2007

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Negligible

Why this priority?

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
php5 8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life, was needed
7.10 gutsy Ignored end of life, was needed
7.04 feisty Ignored end of life, was needed
6.10 edgy Ignored end of life, was needed
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life, was needed

Notes

kees

this is a local php instance crasher, not a serious security issue

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