01 Record
CVE-2009-4017
PHP before 5.2.12 and 5.3.x before 5.3.1 does not restrict the number of temporary files created when handling a multipart/form-data POST request, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
PHP before 5.2.12 and 5.3.x before 5.3.1 does not restrict the number of temporary files created when handling a multipart/form-data POST request, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 12.04% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-11-24 00:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 06:45Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-11-20
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or ThrottlingBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- a5e8fbcacb86b763245267d41796245fa1addf6d80c62dd68c29ec81da200667
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:6667https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6667
- www.php.nethttp://www.php.net/releases/5_2_12.php
- secunia.com37482http://secunia.com/advisories/37482
- secunia.com40262http://secunia.com/advisories/40262
- news.php.net[php-announce] 20091119 5.3.1 Release announcementhttp://news.php.net/php.announce/79
- marc.infoHPSBUX02543http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127680701405735&w=2
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2009:305http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:305
- secunia.com37821http://secunia.com/advisories/37821
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2010-03-29-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
- www.securityfocus.com20091120 PHP "multipart/form-data" denial of servicehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507982/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com41490http://secunia.com/advisories/41490
- www.itrc.hp.comHPSBMA02568http://www.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02512995
- www.acunetix.comhttp://www.acunetix.com/blog/websecuritynews/php-multipartform-data-denial-of-service/
- www.debian.orgDSA-1940http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1940
- www.php.nethttp://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20091120 Re: CVE request: php 5.3.1 updatehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/20/7
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20091120 CVE request: php 5.3.1 updatehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/20/2
- www.php.nethttp://www.php.net/releases/5_3_1.php
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-3593http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3593
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10483https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10483
- secunia.com41480http://secunia.com/advisories/41480
- seclists.org20091120 PHP "multipart/form-data" denial of servicehttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Nov/228
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2009:303http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:303
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comphp-multipart-formdata-dos(54455)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54455