Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2010-2097 to the following vulnerability: The (1) iconv_mime_decode, (2) iconv_substr, and (3) iconv_mime_encode functions in PHP 5.2 through 5.2.13 and 5.3 through 5.3.2 allow context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information (memory contents) by causing a userspace interruption of an internal function, related to the call time pass by reference feature. References: [1] http://php-security.org/2010/05/18/mops-2010-032-php-iconv_mime_decode-interruption-information-leak-vulnerability/index.html [2] http://php-security.org/2010/05/18/mops-2010-033-php-iconv_substr-interruption-information-leak-vulnerability/index.html [3] http://php-security.org/2010/05/18/mops-2010-034-php-iconv_mime_encode-interruption-information-leak-vulnerability/index.html Credit: All three flaws discovered by Stefan Esser.
Created attachment 418694 [details] Local copy of MOPS-2010-032.php reproducer
Created attachment 418696 [details] Local copy of MOPS-2010-033.php reproducer
Created attachment 418697 [details] Local copy of MOPS-2010-034.php reproducer
Closing this, see bug #617578, comment #3 for more detailed explanation. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 169857 ***
Statement: Red Hat does not consider interruption issues allowing safe_mode / open_basedir restriction bypass to be security sensitive. For more details see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=169857#c1 and http://www.php.net/security-note.php