CVE-2005-0596 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can crash the PHP daemon by calling readfile on files with sizes that are multiples of the page size.
- 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-2005-0596?
CVE-2005-0596 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Php Php, published on 1 Mar 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
PHP 4 (PHP4) allows attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by using the readfile function on a file whose size is a multiple of the page size.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-0596?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Php Php.
How do I fix CVE-2005-0596?
No fix has been published for CVE-2005-0596 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-2005-0596 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-0596 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Php Php
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mg8x-vg6r-cj96.