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PHP-Ping "count" Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA18645
Release Date: 2006-01-30
Last Update: 2006-02-03
Popularity: 5,496 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:PHP-Ping 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-0475


Description:
cvh has discovered a vulnerability in PHP-Ping, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to the "count" parameter being incorrectly validated. This can be exploited to ping other hosts arbitrary amount of times by supplying a negative number for the "count" parameter.

The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 1.3. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Edit the source code to ensure that the "count" parameter is properly validated.

Provided and/or discovered by:
cvh, KAPDA

Changelog:
2006-02-03: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://www.kapda.ir/advisory-231.html


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