The zend_alter_ini_entry function in PHP before 5.2.4 does not properly handle an interruption to the flow of execution triggered by a memory_limit violation, which has unknown impact and attack vectors.
http://secunia.com/advisories/26642
http://secunia.com/advisories/26822
http://secunia.com/advisories/26838
http://secunia.com/advisories/27102
http://secunia.com/advisories/27377
http://secunia.com/advisories/28249
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36380
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1693
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1702
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1444
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.4
Published: 2007-09-04
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Severity: High