CVE-2009-3294 Denial of service in n/a
A crafted mode string in the popen API can cause a crash in PHP on Windows, leading to denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not stated
- Attackable
- Not stated
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2009-3294?
CVE-2009-3294 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Php Php, published on 22 Sep 2009.
Official description
The popen API function in TSRM/tsrm_win32.c in PHP before 5.2.11 and 5.3.x before 5.3.1, when running on certain Windows operating systems, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted (1) "e" or (2) "er" string in the second argument (aka mode), possibly related to the _fdopen function in the Microsoft C runtime library. NOTE: this might not cross privilege boundaries except in rare cases in which the mode argument is accessible to an attacker outside of an application that uses the popen function.
Weakness: CWE-134
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-3294?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Php Php.
How do I fix CVE-2009-3294?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-3294 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-2009-3294 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-3294 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Php Php
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8qvm-3v5h-74qx.