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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-1375

Original release date:03/10/2007

Last revised:09/05/2008

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Integer overflow in the substr_compare function in PHP 5.2.1 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to read sensitive memory via a large value in the length argument, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-1991.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:5.0 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 2.9

Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Network exploitable

Access Complexity: Low

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information

Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (11/26/2008): We do not consider this flaw to be a security issue as it is only exploitable by the script author. No trust boundary is crossed. This flaw exists in versions of PHP as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Red Hat Application Stack 1. These issue did not affect the versions of PHP as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, Stronghold 4.0, or Red Hat Application Stack 2.

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External Source: BID

Name: 22851

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22851

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.php-security.org/MOPB/MOPB-14-2007.html

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.php-security.org/MOPB/MOPB-14-2007.html

External Source: MILW0RM

Name: 3424

Hyperlink:http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/3424

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-455-1