CVE-2007-1325 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.1 Published Updated

Attackers can crash the web server by submitting deeply nested arrays to phpMyAdmin, causing a denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2007-1325?

CVE-2007-1325 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin, published on 7 Mar 2007. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The PMA_ArrayWalkRecursive function in libraries/common.lib.php in phpMyAdmin before 2.10.0.2 does not limit recursion on arrays provided by users, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (web server crash) via an array with many dimensions. NOTE: it could be argued that this vulnerability is caused by a problem in PHP (CVE-2006-1549) and the proper fix should be in PHP; if so, then this should not be treated as a vulnerability in phpMyAdmin.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-1325?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin.

How do I fix CVE-2007-1325?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

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-2007-1325 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-1325 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2007-1325, GHSA-wxxc-635g-7hm3.

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