Hardened-PHP Project
www.hardened-php.net
-= Security Advisory =-
Advisory: PHP unserialize() Array Creation Integer Overflow
Release Date: 2006/10/09
Last Modified: 2006/10/09
Author: Stefan Esser [sesser@hardened-php.net]
Application: PHP 5 <= 5.1.6, PHP 4 < 4.3.0
Not affected: PHP 4 >= 4.3.0,
PHP with Hardening-Patch,
PHP with Suhosin-Patch
Severity: User-input passed to the unserialize() function might
trigger an integer overflow in array creation that
might result in remote code execution
Risk: Critical
Vendor Status: Fixed in CVS, no security update planned, wait for PHP 5.2.0
References: http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_092006.133.html