Vulnerabilities > CVE-2007-4255 - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in PHP 5.2.3
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
Buffer overflow in the mSQL extension in PHP 5.2.3 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long first argument to the msql_connect function.
Exploit-Db
description | PHP mSQL (msql_connect) Local Buffer Overflow PoC. CVE-2007-4255. Dos exploits for multiple platform |
file | exploits/multiple/dos/4260.php |
id | EDB-ID:4260 |
last seen | 2016-01-31 |
modified | 2007-08-06 |
platform | multiple |
port | |
published | 2007-08-06 |
reporter | NetJackal |
source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/4260/ |
title | PHP mSQL msql_connect Local Buffer Overflow PoC |
type | dos |
Nessus
NASL family | CGI abuses |
NASL id | PHP_5_2_4.NASL |
description | According to its banner, the version of PHP installed on the remote host is older than 5.2.4. Such versions may be affected by various issues, including but not limited to several overflows. |
last seen | 2020-06-01 |
modified | 2020-06-02 |
plugin id | 25971 |
published | 2007-09-03 |
reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. |
source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/25971 |
title | PHP < 5.2.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities |
code |
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Statements
contributor | Joshua Bressers |
lastmodified | 2007-08-09 |
organization | Red Hat |
statement | Not vulnerable. PHP packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 2.1, 3, 4, and 5 are not compiled with msql library and are not vulnerable to this issue. |