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A vulnerability has been found in PHP up to 4.3.x (Programming Language Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function readfile
. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:
PHP 4 (PHP4) allows attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by using the readfile function on a file whose size is a multiple of the page size.
The bug was discovered 03/01/2005. The weakness was released 02/25/2005 with SuSE (Website). The advisory is available at novell.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-0596 since 03/01/2005. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18832 (FreeBSD : php -- readfile() DoS vulnerability (07f3fe15-a9de-11d9-a788-0001020eed82)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at php.net. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19534) and Tenable (18832).
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CPE 2.3
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Exploiting
Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Nessus ID: 18832
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : php -- readfile() DoS vulnerability (07f3fe15-a9de-11d9-a788-0001020eed82)
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OpenVAS ID: 52143
OpenVAS Name: php -- readfile() DoS vulnerability
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Patch: php.net
Timeline
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Sources
Product: php.orgAdvisory: novell.com
Researcher: http://www.novell.com
Organization: SuSE
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2005-0596 (🔍)
X-Force: 19534
Vulnerability Center: 7815 - DoS in PHP 4 via \x27readfile\x27 Function, Medium
SecurityFocus: 12665 - PHP4 Readfile Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 14409 - PHP "readfile()" Denial of Service, Less Critical
OSVDB: 14247 - PHP4 readfile() Function DoS
Entry
Created: 03/02/2005 13:47Updated: 07/01/2019 16:10
Changes: 03/02/2005 13:47 (89), 07/01/2019 16:10 (2)
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