CVE-2012-0788 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the application by triggering a specific PDO and session interaction flaw in PHP.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2012-0788?
CVE-2012-0788 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Php Php, published on 14 Feb 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The PDORow implementation in PHP before 5.3.9 does not properly interact with the session feature, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted application that uses a PDO driver for a fetch and then calls the session_start function, as demonstrated by a crash of the Apache HTTP Server.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-0788?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Php Php.
How do I fix CVE-2012-0788?
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-2012-0788 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2012-0788 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-5m7h-j62q-j6mr.