[php-maint] Bug#499988: CVE-2008-3659: Buffer overflow in the memnstr function

[sean finney]

Package: php5
Version: 5.2.6-3
Severity: important
Tags: patch

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via http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3659:

Buffer overflow in the memnstr function in PHP 4.4.x before 4.4.9 and PHP
5.6 through 5.2.6 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial
of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via the delimiter
argument to the explode function. NOTE: the scope of this issue is limited
since most applications would not use an attacker-controlled delimiter,
but local attacks against safe_mode are feasible.



while the attack vector may be somewhat limited, apparently this vector
is actually used in practice by a number of apps, so we should include
the patch (well we in fact have already incorporated it into the svn
repo, but it has not yet been released):

http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/ZendEngine2/zend_operators.h?r1=1.94.2.4.2.11&r2=1.94.2.4.2.12&view=patch


	sean

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