7.5
HIGH
CVE-2007-4657
PHP Memory Disclosure and Denial of Service
Description

Multiple integer overflows in PHP 4 before 4.4.8, and PHP 5 before 5.2.4, allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (memory contents) or cause a denial of service (thread crash) via a large len value to the (1) strspn or (2) strcspn function, which triggers an out-of-bounds read. NOTE: this affects different product versions than CVE-2007-3996.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 4, 2007, 10:17 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 26, 2018, 2:05 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2007-4657 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Php php
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2007-4657.

URL Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/26642 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26822 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26838 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27102 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27377 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27864 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28249 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28318 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28936 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30288 Third Party Advisory
http://secweb.se/en/advisories/php-strcspn-information-leak-vulnerability/ Third Party Advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.335136 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1444 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1578 Third Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-4.php Vendor Advisory
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.4 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.php.net/releases/4_4_8.php Vendor Advisory
http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_4.php Vendor Advisory
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/ Broken Link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-549-2 Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3023 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0059 Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36388 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39399 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1693 Broken Link
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1702 Broken Link
https://launchpad.net/bugs/173043 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/549-1/ Third Party Advisory

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 26, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://launchpad.net/bugs/173043 No Types Assigned https://launchpad.net/bugs/173043 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml No Types Assigned http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.4 Patch http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.4 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3023 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3023 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-549-2 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-549-2 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/26822 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/26822 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1444 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1444 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.php.net/releases/4_4_8.php No Types Assigned http://www.php.net/releases/4_4_8.php Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/27377 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/27377 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/28249 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/28249 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_4.php No Types Assigned http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_4.php Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.335136 No Types Assigned http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.335136 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/26642 Patch, Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/26642 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-4.php No Types Assigned http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-4.php Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36388 No Types Assigned https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36388 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://secweb.se/en/advisories/php-strcspn-information-leak-vulnerability/ Exploit, Patch http://secweb.se/en/advisories/php-strcspn-information-leak-vulnerability/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39399 No Types Assigned https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39399 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/ No Types Assigned http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/ Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1693 No Types Assigned https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1693 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/30288 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/30288 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1578 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1578 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/28318 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/28318 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/26838 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/26838 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/28936 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/28936 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1702 No Types Assigned https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1702 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/549-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/549-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/27102 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/27102 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0059 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0059 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/27864 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/27864 Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 4.4.7 *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 5.2.3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.0.0 up to (excluding) 4.4.8 *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.0.0 up to (excluding) 5.2.4
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-549-1 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/549-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/39399 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/36388 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39399 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36388 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 05, 2007

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.92 }} -0.05%

score

0.83186

percentile

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