PHP 5.3.8 does not always check the return value of the zend_strndup function, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via crafted input to an application that performs strndup operations on untrusted string data, as demonstrated by the define function in zend_builtin_functions.c, and unspecified functions in ext/soap/php_sdl.c, ext/standard/syslog.c, ext/standard/browscap.c, ext/oci8/oci8.c, ext/com_dotnet/com_typeinfo.c, and main/php_open_temporary_file.c.
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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2408-1 php5 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-4096 PHP 5.3.8 does not always check the return value of the zend_strndup function, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via crafted input to an application that performs strndup operations on untrusted string data, as demonstrated by the define function in zend_builtin_functions.c, and unspecified functions in ext/soap/php_sdl.c, ext/standard/syslog.c, ext/standard/browscap.c, ext/oci8/oci8.c, ext/com_dotnet/com_typeinfo.c, and main/php_open_temporary_file.c.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1358-1 PHP vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T00:01:50.512Z

Reserved: 2011-10-21T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-4153

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-01-18T20:55:02.003

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-4153

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-4153 - Bugzilla

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