[php-maint] Bug#609315: php5: Upstream bug CVE-2010-4645 / bug #53632, critical: conversion string>double might hang PHP interpreter

[Julien Cristau]

tag 609315 moreinfo
severity 609315 grave
kthxbye

On Sat, Jan  8, 2011 at 14:26:50 +0100, Jort Koopmans wrote:

> Package: php5
> Version: 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny9
> Severity: critical
> 
> 
> >From upstream; http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53632
> followed by release 5.3.5 and 5.2.17: 
> http://www.php.net/archive/2011.php#id2011-01-06-1
> 
> Short description;
> 
> Conversions from string to double might cause the PHP interpreter to 
> hang on systems using x87 FPU registers.
> 
> The problem is known to only affect x86 32-bit PHP processes, regardless 
> of whether the system hosting PHP is 32-bit or 64-bit.
> 
Did you actually reproduce this with php 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny9?  AFAIK
people tried and couldn't.

Cheers,
Julien
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