CVEvulnerability
CVE-2007-3998
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2007-09-04
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
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.
Affected configurations
• php php (>= 4.0.0 < 4.4.8)
• php php (>= 5.0.0 < 5.2.4)
• debian debian linux 3.1
• debian debian linux 4.0
• canonical ubuntu linux 6.06
• canonical ubuntu linux 6.10
• canonical ubuntu linux 7.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 7.10
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0889.html Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26642 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26822 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26838 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26871 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26895 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26930 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26967 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27102 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27377 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27545 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27864 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28249 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28658 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30288 Third Party Advisory
- http://secweb.se/en/advisories/php-wordwrap-vulnerability/ Third Party Advisory
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-449.htm Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1444 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1578 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:187 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.4 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_4.php Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0890.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0891.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/ Broken Link
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-549-2 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3023 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1693 Broken Link
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1702 Broken Link
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/173043 Third Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10603 Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/549-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00354.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0889.html Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26642 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26822 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26838 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26871 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26895 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26930 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26967 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27102 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27377 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27545 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27864 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28249 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28658 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30288 Third Party Advisory
- http://secweb.se/en/advisories/php-wordwrap-vulnerability/ Third Party Advisory
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-449.htm Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1444 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1578 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:187 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.4 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_4.php Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0890.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0891.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/ Broken Link
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-549-2 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3023 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1693 Broken Link
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1702 Broken Link
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/173043 Third Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10603 Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/549-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00354.html Third Party Advisory