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title: "CVE-2007-2748\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2007-2748

Publication date 17 May 2007

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The substr\_count function in PHP 5.2.1 and earlier allows context-dependent
attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors, a
different affected function than CVE-2007-1375.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-2748?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| php5 | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 5.2.1-0ubuntu1.4 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 5.1.6-1ubuntu2.6 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 5.1.2-1ubuntu3.9 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [kees](https://launchpad.net/~kees)

Ubuntu (and Debian) were not affected by this CVE. We used
a correct fix to CVE-2007-1375, so this CVE was not a problem.

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2748)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-2748)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2007-2748)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-2748)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-2748>