CVE-2003-1302 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in PHP's IMAP functionality by sending emails with excessive backslashes in headers.
- 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-2003-1302?
CVE-2003-1302 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 functionality in PHP before 4.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via an e-mail message with a (1) To or (2) From header with an address that contains a large number of "\" (backslash) characters.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-1302?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Php Php.
How do I fix CVE-2003-1302?
No fix has been published for CVE-2003-1302 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-2003-1302 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-1302 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Php Php
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jrmh-qf4p-w726.