PHP4 IMAP module buffer overflow vulnerability

PHP4 IMAP module buffer overflow vulnerability

Published on 2004-03-27. Updated on 2007-03-20.

Description:

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A vulnerability has been discovered in PHP 4.0.3. The problem occurs in the imap module when calling the imap_open() function. Exploitation of this issue may result in the target application crashing.

Affected PHP version 4.0.0-3.

Impact:
Denial of service and possible code execution.

Recommendation:
Upgrade PHP to the latest version.

Tags: Scripts

Alert Tags: configuration
ApplicableApplicationServer : PHP
ApplicableOS: All
ApplicableWebServer: All

References:

  • BID 6557
  • PHP Homepage

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