Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 20, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-0988
CVE-2007-0988
Description
The zend_hash_init function in PHP 5 before 5.2.1 and PHP 4 before 4.4.5, when running on a 64-bit platform, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by unserializing certain integer expressions, which only cause 32-bit arguments to be used after the check for a negative value, as demonstrated by an "a:2147483649:{" argument.
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Affected products
13cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 9 more
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=4.0.0,<4.4.5
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0:beta_4_patch1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <5.2.1 (PHP 5) and <4.4.5 (PHP 4)
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
45- www.php.net/releases/5_2_1.phpnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0089.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/24195nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/24217nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/24236nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/24248nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/24284nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/24295nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/24322nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/24419nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/24421nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/24432nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/24606nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/24642nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/25056nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/25423nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/25850nvdThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-21.xmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- securityreason.com/securityalert/2315nvdThird Party Advisory
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-101.htmnvdThird Party Advisory
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-136.htmnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.010.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.php-security.org/MOPB/MOPB-05-2007.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0076.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0081.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0082.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0088.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461462/100/0/threadednvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-424-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-424-2nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1991nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2374nvdThird Party Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32709nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11092nvdThird Party Advisory
- patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070201-01-P.ascnvdBroken Link
- h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jspnvdBroken Link
- h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jspnvdBroken Link
- osvdb.org/32762nvdBroken Link
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_32_php.htmlnvdBroken Link
- www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0009/nvdBroken Link
- www.us.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1264nvdBroken Link
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1088nvdBroken Link
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