PHP Web Form Hash Collision Denial of Service Vulnerability (Win)

Summary
This host is installed with PHP and is prone to remote denial of service vulnerability.
Impact
Successful exploitation could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a specially crafted form sent in a HTTP POST request. Impact Level: Application
Solution
Upgrade PHP to 5.3.9 or later, For updates refer to http://php.net/downloads.php
Insight
The flaws are due to an error in, - A hash generation function when hashing form posts and updating a hash table. This can be exploited to cause a hash collision resulting in high CPU consumption via a specially crafted form sent in a HTTP POST request. - PDORow implementation, when interacting with the session feature. - timezone functionality, when handling php_date_parse_tzfile cache.
Affected
PHP Version 5.3.8 and prior.
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