Upstream information
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.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| CVSS detail | National Vulnerability Database |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 5 |
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
SUSE Security Advisories:
- SUSE-SA:2008:004, published Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:00:00 +0000
Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.
| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Products under general support and receiving all security fixes. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 | php5 | Analysis |
| Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | php5 | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 | php5 | Analysis |
| Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 12 | php5 | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 | php5 | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 | php5 | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 | php5 | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 | php5 | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 | php5 | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 | php5 | Analysis |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 15:46:57 2013CVE page last modified: Thu Dec 11 15:26:05 2025