Description
php.exe in PHP 3.0 through 4.2.2, when running on Apache, does not terminate properly, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a direct request without arguments.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- PHP Interpreter 3.0.x/4.0.x/4.1/4.2 - Direct Invocation Denial of Service EDB-21632 · dos · Jul 22, 2002 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20020721 PHP Resource Exhaustion Denial of Service mailing-list
- 20020720 PHP Resource Exhaustion Denial of Service mailing-list
- php-no-argument-dos(9646) vdb-entry
- 5280 vdb-entry