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php: integer overflow in shmop_read()

Published Mar 15, 2011

Description

Integer overflow in ext/shmop/shmop.c in PHP before 5.3.6 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly read sensitive memory via a large third argument to the shmop_read function.

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Red Hat statement

Red Hat does not consider this to be a security issue. Input passed to these functions should be under the full control of the script author, thus no trust boundary is crossed. Additionally, an administrator would have to disable, or excessively increase the memory_limit settings in the PHP configuration file to trigger this bug.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Mar 15, 2011
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Feb 24, 2011
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date Mar 8, 2011