Vulnerabilities > CVE-2007-2844 - Unspecified vulnerability in PHP
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN php
nessus
Summary
PHP 4.x and 5.x before 5.2.1, when running on multi-threaded systems, does not ensure thread safety for libc crypt function calls using protection schemes such as a mutex, which creates race conditions that allow remote attackers to overwrite internal program memory and gain system access.
Vulnerable Configurations
Nessus
NASL family | CGI abuses |
NASL id | PHP_5_2_0.NASL |
description | According to its banner, the version of PHP 5.x installed on the remote host is older than 5.2. Such versions may be affected by several buffer overflows. To exploit these issues, an attacker would need the ability to upload an arbitrary PHP script on the remote server or to manipulate several variables processed by some PHP functions such as |
last seen | 2020-06-01 |
modified | 2020-06-02 |
plugin id | 31649 |
published | 2008-03-25 |
reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. |
source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/31649 |
title | PHP 5.x < 5.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities |
Statements
contributor | Mark J Cox |
lastmodified | 2007-05-29 |
organization | Red Hat |
statement | Not vulnerable. PHP is not built or supported in a multi-threaded environment in the packages distributed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Application Stack. |
References
- http://blog.php-security.org/archives/82-Suhosin-0.9.20-and-crypt-Thread-Safety-Vulnerability.html
- http://blog.php-security.org/archives/82-Suhosin-0.9.20-and-crypt-Thread-Safety-Vulnerability.html
- http://osvdb.org/36088
- http://osvdb.org/36088
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25434
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25434
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24109
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24109
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34601
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34601