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Vulnerability Details : CVE-2007-3998

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.
Publish Date : 2007-09-04 Last Update Date : 2018-10-26
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- CVSS Scores & Vulnerability Types

CVSS Score
5.0
Confidentiality Impact None (There is no impact to the confidentiality of the system.)
Integrity Impact None (There is no impact to the integrity of the system)
Availability Impact Partial (There is reduced performance or interruptions in resource availability.)
Access Complexity Low (Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. Very little knowledge or skill is required to exploit. )
Authentication Not required (Authentication is not required to exploit the vulnerability.)
Gained Access None
Vulnerability Type(s) Denial Of Service
CWE ID 20

- Vendor Statements

This issue did not affect the versions of PHP as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1.
Source: Redhat

- Additional Vendor Supplied Data

Vendor Impact CVSS Score CVSS Vector Report Date Publish Date
Redhat low 2007-08-30 2007-08-30
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- Related OVAL Definitions

Title Definition Id Class Family
CVE-2007-3998 oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20073998 unix
DSA-1444 php5 -- several vulnerabilities oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7538 unix
DSA-1444-1 php5 several issues oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20198 unix
DSA-1578 php4 -- several vulnerabilities oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8065 unix
DSA-1578-1 php4 - several vulnerabilities oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18224 unix
ELSA-2007:0890: php security update (Moderate) oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22339 unix
RHSA-2007:0889: php security update (Moderate) oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20070889 unix
RHSA-2007:0890: php security update (Moderate) oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20070890 unix
The wordwrap function in PHP 4 before 4.4.8, and PHP 5 before 5.2.4, does not properly use the breakcharlen variable, wh... oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10603 unix
OVAL (Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language) definitions define exactly what should be done to verify a vulnerability or a missing patch. Check out the OVAL definitions if you want to learn what you should do to verify a vulnerability.

- Products Affected By CVE-2007-3998

# Product Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
1 OS Canonical Ubuntu Linux 6.06 ~~lts~~~ Version Details Vulnerabilities
2 OS Canonical Ubuntu Linux 6.10 Version Details Vulnerabilities
3 OS Canonical Ubuntu Linux 7.04 Version Details Vulnerabilities
4 OS Canonical Ubuntu Linux 7.10 Version Details Vulnerabilities
5 OS Debian Debian Linux 3.1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
6 OS Debian Debian Linux 4.0 Version Details Vulnerabilities
7 Application PHP PHP 4.0.0 Version Details Vulnerabilities
8 Application PHP PHP 4.0.1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
9 Application PHP PHP 4.0.2 Version Details Vulnerabilities
10 Application PHP PHP 4.0.3 Version Details Vulnerabilities
11 Application PHP PHP 4.0.4 Version Details Vulnerabilities
12 Application PHP PHP 4.0.5 Version Details Vulnerabilities
13 Application PHP PHP 4.0.6 Version Details Vulnerabilities
14 Application PHP PHP 4.0.7 Version Details Vulnerabilities
15 Application PHP PHP 4.1.0 Version Details Vulnerabilities
16 Application PHP PHP 4.1.1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
17 Application PHP PHP 4.1.2 Version Details Vulnerabilities
18 Application PHP PHP 4.1.3 Version Details Vulnerabilities
19 Application PHP PHP 4.2 Version Details Vulnerabilities
20 Application PHP PHP 4.2.0 Version Details Vulnerabilities
21 Application PHP PHP 4.2.1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
22 Application PHP PHP 4.2.2 Version Details Vulnerabilities
23 Application PHP PHP 4.2.3 Version Details Vulnerabilities
24 Application PHP PHP 4.2.4 Version Details Vulnerabilities
25 Application PHP PHP 4.3 Version Details Vulnerabilities
26 Application PHP PHP 4.3.0 Version Details Vulnerabilities
27 Application PHP PHP 4.3.1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
28 Application PHP PHP 4.3.2 Version Details Vulnerabilities
29 Application PHP PHP 4.3.3 Version Details Vulnerabilities
30 Application PHP PHP 4.3.4 Version Details Vulnerabilities
31 Application PHP PHP 4.3.5 Version Details Vulnerabilities
32 Application PHP PHP 4.3.6 Version Details Vulnerabilities
33 Application PHP PHP 4.3.7 Version Details Vulnerabilities
34 Application PHP PHP 4.3.8 Version Details Vulnerabilities
35 Application PHP PHP 4.3.9 Version Details Vulnerabilities
36 Application PHP PHP 4.3.10 Version Details Vulnerabilities
37 Application PHP PHP 4.3.11 Version Details Vulnerabilities
38 Application PHP PHP 4.4.0 Version Details Vulnerabilities
39 Application PHP PHP 4.4.1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
40 Application PHP PHP 4.4.2 Version Details Vulnerabilities
41 Application PHP PHP 4.4.3 Version Details Vulnerabilities
42 Application PHP PHP 4.4.4 Version Details Vulnerabilities
43 Application PHP PHP 4.4.5 Version Details Vulnerabilities
44 Application PHP PHP 4.4.6 Version Details Vulnerabilities
45 Application PHP PHP 4.4.7 Version Details Vulnerabilities
46 Application PHP PHP 5.0.0 Beta4 Version Details Vulnerabilities
47 Application PHP PHP 5.0.0 RC1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
48 Application PHP PHP 5.0.0 Version Details Vulnerabilities
49 Application PHP PHP 5.0.0 RC2 Version Details Vulnerabilities
50 Application PHP PHP 5.0.0 Beta1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
51 Application PHP PHP 5.0.0 RC3 Version Details Vulnerabilities
52 Application PHP PHP 5.0.0 Beta2 Version Details Vulnerabilities
53 Application PHP PHP 5.0.0 Beta3 Version Details Vulnerabilities
54 Application PHP PHP 5.0.1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
55 Application PHP PHP 5.0.2 Version Details Vulnerabilities
56 Application PHP PHP 5.0.3 Version Details Vulnerabilities
57 Application PHP PHP 5.0.4 Version Details Vulnerabilities
58 Application PHP PHP 5.0.5 Version Details Vulnerabilities
59 Application PHP PHP 5.1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
60 Application PHP PHP 5.1.0 Version Details Vulnerabilities
61 Application PHP PHP 5.1.1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
62 Application PHP PHP 5.1.2 Version Details Vulnerabilities
63 Application PHP PHP 5.1.3 Version Details Vulnerabilities
64 Application PHP PHP 5.1.4 Version Details Vulnerabilities
65 Application PHP PHP 5.1.5 Version Details Vulnerabilities
66 Application PHP PHP 5.1.6 Version Details Vulnerabilities
67 Application PHP PHP 5.2.0 Version Details Vulnerabilities
68 Application PHP PHP 5.2.1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
69 Application PHP PHP 5.2.2 Version Details Vulnerabilities
70 Application PHP PHP 5.2.3 Version Details Vulnerabilities

- Number Of Affected Versions By Product

Vendor Product Vulnerable Versions
Canonical Ubuntu Linux 4
Debian Debian Linux 2
PHP PHP 64

- References For CVE-2007-3998

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00354.html
FEDORA FEDORA-2007-709
https://launchpad.net/bugs/173043 CONFIRM
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1702 CONFIRM
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1693 CONFIRM
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3023
VUPEN ADV-2007-3023
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-549-2
UBUNTU USN-549-2
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/
TRUSTIX 2007-0026
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0890.html
REDHAT RHSA-2007:0890
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0891.html
REDHAT RHSA-2007:0891
http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_4.php CONFIRM
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.4 CONFIRM
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1578
DEBIAN DSA-1578
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml
GENTOO GLSA-200710-02
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:187
MANDRIVA MDKSA-2007:187
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1444
DEBIAN DSA-1444
http://secweb.se/en/advisories/php-wordwrap-vulnerability/
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0889.html
REDHAT RHSA-2007:0889
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-449.htm CONFIRM
https://usn.ubuntu.com/549-1/
UBUNTU USN-549-1
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html
SUSE SUSE-SA:2008:004

- Metasploit Modules Related To CVE-2007-3998

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