CVE-2002-2215 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in PHP's IMAP functionality by sending emails with excessive To addresses.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2002-2215?
CVE-2002-2215 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Php Php, published on 14 Jun 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The imap_header function in the IMAP functionality for PHP before 4.3.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via an e-mail message with a large number of "To" addresses, which triggers an error in the rfc822_write_address function.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-2215?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Php Php.
How do I fix CVE-2002-2215?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-2215 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2002-2215 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-2215 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Php Php
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9fq5-9pvh-4r88.