CVE-2007-3998

Publication date 4 September 2007

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

The wordwrap function in PHP 4 before 4.4.8, and PHP 5 before 5.2.4, does not properly use the breakcharlen variable, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash, or infinite loop) via certain arguments, as demonstrated by a 'chr(0), 0, ""' argument set.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
php4	9.10 karmic	Not in release
	9.04 jaunty	Not in release
	8.10 intrepid	Not in release
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not in release
	7.10 gutsy	Not in release
	7.04 feisty	Not in release
	6.10 edgy	Ignored end of life, was needed
	6.06 LTS dapper	Ignored end of life
php5	9.10 karmic	Not affected
	9.04 jaunty	Not affected
	8.10 intrepid	Not affected
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not affected
	7.10 gutsy	Fixed 5.2.3-1ubuntu6.1
	7.04 feisty	Fixed 5.2.1-0ubuntu1.5
	6.10 edgy	Fixed 5.1.6-1ubuntu2.7
	6.06 LTS dapper	Fixed 5.1.2-1ubuntu3.10

Notes

kees

http://cvs.php.net/viewcvs.cgi/php-src/ext/standard/string.c?r1=1.445.2.14.2.63&r2=1.445.2.14.2.64&view=patch 200-string-wordwrap.patch

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
php4	Upstream: http://cvs.php.net/viewcvs.cgi/php-src/ext/standard/string.c?r1=1.445.2.14.2.63&r2=1.445.2.14.2.64&view=patch

CVE-2007-3998

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kees

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