CVE-2010-1917 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can crash PHP applications by passing a crafted long string to the fnmatch function, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2010-1917?
CVE-2010-1917 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Php Php, published on 12 May 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Stack consumption vulnerability in PHP 5.2 through 5.2.13 and 5.3 through 5.3.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (PHP crash) via a crafted first argument to the fnmatch function, as demonstrated using a long string.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-1917?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Php Php.
How do I fix CVE-2010-1917?
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-2010-1917 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-1917 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Php Php
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q2jx-hgv6-67hh.