National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-1709

Overview

Buffer overflow in the confirm_phpdoc_compiled function in the phpDOC extension (PECL phpDOC) in PHP 5.2.1 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument string.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (04/17/2007)

Not vulnerable. PHP as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, 5, Red Hat Application Stack, and Stronghold 4.0 do not include PHPDoc support.

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External Source: XF

Name: phpdoc-confirmcompiled-bo(33236)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/33236

External Source: BID

Name: 23124

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23124

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20070325 PHP 5.2.1 with PECL phpDOC local buffer overflow

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/463843/100/0/threaded

External Source: MILW0RM

Name: 3576

Hyperlink:http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/3576

External Source: SREASON

Name: 2512

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2512

External Source: MISC

Name: http://retrogod.altervista.org/php521_phpdoc_bof.html

Hyperlink:http://retrogod.altervista.org/php521_phpdoc_bof.html