Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2007-3998 First vendor Publication 2007-09-04
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2018-10-26

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
Calculate full CVSS 3.0 Vectors scores

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
Calculate full CVSS 2.0 Vectors scores

Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3998

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10603
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10603
Title: 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.
Description: 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.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2007-3998
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 293
Os 4
Os 2

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-10-10 Name : SLES9: Security update for PHP4
File : nvt/sles9p5015662.nasl
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for php MDKSA-2007:187 (php)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDKSA_2007_187.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for php5 vulnerabilities USN-549-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_549_1.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for php5 regression USN-549-2
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_549_2.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : Fedora Update for php FEDORA-2007-709
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_709_php_fc6.nasl
2009-01-23 Name : SuSE Update for php4, php5 SUSE-SA:2008:004
File : nvt/gb_suse_2008_004.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200710-02 (php)
File : nvt/glsa_200710_02.nasl
2008-09-04 Name : FreeBSD Ports: php5
File : nvt/freebsd_php51.nasl
2008-05-27 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1578-1 (php4)
File : nvt/deb_1578_1.nasl
2008-01-31 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1444-2 (php5)
File : nvt/deb_1444_2.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1444-1 (php5)
File : nvt/deb_1444_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
36858 PHP wordwrap Function breakcharlen Variable DoS

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2007-0889.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2007-0890.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20070926_php_on_SL3.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20070920_php_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-24 Name : The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse9_12049.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-05-19 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1578.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-01-27 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_apache2-mod_php5-4909.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-01-08 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_apache2-mod_php5-4810.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-01-04 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1444.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-24 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_apache2-mod_php5-4808.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-04 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-549-2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-30 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-549-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-09 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200710-02.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-03 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2007-0889.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-09-26 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2007-0889.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-09-25 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2007-709.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-09-24 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2007-0890.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-09-24 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2007-0890.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-09-24 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2007-187.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-09-14 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_71d903fc602d11dc898c001921ab2fa4.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-05-04 Name : The remote web server uses a version of PHP that is affected by multiple flaws.
File : php_4_4_7_or_5_2_2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
CONFIRM http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-449.htm
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.4
http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_4.php
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1693
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1702
https://launchpad.net/bugs/173043
DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1444
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1578
FEDORA https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg003...
GENTOO http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml
MANDRIVA http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:187
MISC http://secweb.se/en/advisories/php-wordwrap-vulnerability/
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
REDHAT http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0889.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0890.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0891.html
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/26642
http://secunia.com/advisories/26822
http://secunia.com/advisories/26838
http://secunia.com/advisories/26871
http://secunia.com/advisories/26895
http://secunia.com/advisories/26930
http://secunia.com/advisories/26967
http://secunia.com/advisories/27102
http://secunia.com/advisories/27377
http://secunia.com/advisories/27545
http://secunia.com/advisories/27864
http://secunia.com/advisories/28249
http://secunia.com/advisories/28658
http://secunia.com/advisories/30288
SUSE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html
TRUSTIX http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/
UBUNTU http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-549-2
https://usn.ubuntu.com/549-1/
VUPEN http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3023

Alert History

If you want to see full details history, please login or register.
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
Date Informations
2024-02-02 01:07:02
  • Multiple Updates
2024-02-01 12:02:22
  • Multiple Updates
2023-09-05 12:06:34
  • Multiple Updates
2023-09-05 01:02:13
  • Multiple Updates
2023-09-02 12:06:40
  • Multiple Updates
2023-09-02 01:02:13
  • Multiple Updates
2023-08-12 12:07:45
  • Multiple Updates
2023-08-12 01:02:14
  • Multiple Updates
2023-08-11 12:06:43
  • Multiple Updates
2023-08-11 01:02:18
  • Multiple Updates
2023-08-06 12:06:24
  • Multiple Updates
2023-08-06 01:02:14
  • Multiple Updates
2023-08-04 12:06:30
  • Multiple Updates
2023-08-04 01:02:18
  • Multiple Updates
2023-07-14 12:06:29
  • Multiple Updates
2023-07-14 01:02:15
  • Multiple Updates
2023-03-29 01:07:12
  • Multiple Updates
2023-03-28 12:02:21
  • Multiple Updates
2022-10-11 12:05:45
  • Multiple Updates
2022-10-11 01:02:06
  • Multiple Updates
2021-05-04 12:06:11
  • Multiple Updates
2021-04-22 01:06:43
  • Multiple Updates
2020-05-23 01:38:33
  • Multiple Updates
2020-05-23 00:20:11
  • Multiple Updates
2019-06-08 12:02:10
  • Multiple Updates
2018-10-26 17:19:39
  • Multiple Updates
2018-10-04 00:19:30
  • Multiple Updates
2017-09-29 09:23:09
  • Multiple Updates
2016-10-05 01:00:38
  • Multiple Updates
2016-06-28 16:46:45
  • Multiple Updates
2016-04-26 16:24:59
  • Multiple Updates
2014-02-17 10:41:07
  • Multiple Updates
2013-05-11 10:32:32
  • Multiple Updates