CVE - CVE-2007-4840

CVE-ID
CVE-2007-4840	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
PHP 5.2.4 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via (1) a long string in the out_charset parameter to the iconv function; or a long string in the charset parameter to the (2) iconv_mime_decode_headers, (3) iconv_mime_decode, or (4) iconv_strlen function. NOTE: this might not be a vulnerability in most web server environments that support multiple threads, unless these issues can be demonstrated for code execution.
References
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BUGTRAQ:20070906 PHP <= 5.2.4 multiple Iconv functions denial of service URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478730/100/0/threaded CONFIRM:http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0242 CONFIRM:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1943 GENTOO:GLSA-200710-02 URL:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml HP:HPSBUX02332 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491693/100/0/threaded HP:SSRT080056 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491693/100/0/threaded OSVDB:38916 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/38916~~ (Obsolete source) SECUNIA:27102 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/27102 SECUNIA:27659 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/27659 SECUNIA:28658 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/28658 SECUNIA:30040 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/30040 SREASON:3122 URL:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3122 SUSE:SUSE-SA:2008:004 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20070912	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20070912)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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