CVE-2007-6039 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can crash PHP applications by passing long strings to specific gettext or stream wrapper functions, causing denial of service.
- 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-2007-6039?
CVE-2007-6039 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Php Php, published on 20 Nov 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
PHP 5.2.5 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long string in (1) the domain parameter to the dgettext function, the message parameter to the (2) dcgettext or (3) gettext function, the msgid1 parameter to the (4) dngettext or (5) ngettext function, or (6) the classname parameter to the stream_wrapper_register function. NOTE: this might not be a vulnerability in most web server environments that support multiple threads, unless this issue can be demonstrated for code execution.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-6039?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Php Php.
How do I fix CVE-2007-6039?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-6039 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-2007-6039 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-6039 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Php Php
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7cwp-w3cq-m996.