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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in PHP 5.2.4 (Programming Language Software). Affected is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:
The (1) htmlentities and (2) htmlspecialchars functions in PHP before 5.2.5 accept partial multibyte sequences, which has unknown impact and attack vectors, a different issue than CVE-2006-5465.
The bug was discovered 11/08/2007. The weakness was disclosed 11/20/2007 by Rasmus Lerdorf with SecurityReason (Website). The advisory is available at secunia.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-5898 since 11/08/2007. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.
The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 12 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 38042 (Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : php (MDVSA-2008:127)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117267 (CentOS Security Update for PHP (CESA-2008:0544)).
Upgrading to version 5.2.5 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 9 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (38577) and Tenable (38042). The entries 3287, 3284, 3285 and 3282 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499
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Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 38042
Nessus Name: Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : php (MDVSA-2008:127)
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OpenVAS ID: 60099
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1444-1 (php5)
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Upgrade: PHP 5.2.5
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Sources
Product: php.orgAdvisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: Rasmus Lerdorf
Organization: SecurityReason
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-5898 (🔍)
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X-Force: 38577
SecurityTracker: 1018934
Vulnerability Center: 16943 - PHP before 5.2.5 htmlentities and htmlspecialchars Functions Accept Partial Multibyte Sequences, Medium
SecurityFocus: 26403 - PHP 5.2.4 and Prior Versions Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 27648 - PHP Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 38683 - CVE-2007-5898 - PHP - Unspecified Issue
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 03/16/2015 13:43Updated: 11/04/2020 18:44
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (91), 07/31/2019 21:07 (4), 11/04/2020 18:44 (1)
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Committer: rame
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