CVE-2007-0988

Description

The zend_hash_init function in PHP 5 before 5.2.1 and PHP 4 before 4.4.5, when running on a 64-bit platform, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by unserializing certain integer expressions, which only cause 32-bit arguments to be used after the check for a negative value, as demonstrated by an "a:2147483649:{" argument.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.53% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory trustix.org Vendor Advisory openpkg.com Vendor Advisory hp.com Vendor Advisory hp.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory sgi.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1264 vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/24295 third party advisory
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0009/ vendor advisory broken link
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.010.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24195 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1991 third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/25056 third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017671 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.php-security.org/MOPB/MOPB-05-2007.html third party advisory
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01056506 vendor advisory broken link
http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_1.php third party advisory patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/24606 third party advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2315 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24642 third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32709 third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/24217 third party advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-101.htm third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24248 third party advisory
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01086137 vendor advisory broken link
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1088 broken link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11092 signature third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/24284 third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-424-2 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/32762 vdb entry broken link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-21.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24432 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24421 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2374 third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/25423 third party advisory
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=228858 third party advisory issue tracking
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0076.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24419 third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0089.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0088.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461462/100/0/threaded mailing list third party advisory vdb entry
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-136.htm third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0082.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25850 third party advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070201-01-P.asc vendor advisory broken link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:048 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_32_php.html vendor advisory broken link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-424-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0081.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24322 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24236 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-0988?
CVE-2007-0988 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-0988?
To fix CVE-2007-0988, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-0988 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-0988 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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