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title: "CVE-2007-4662\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2007-4662

Publication date 4 September 2007

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

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## Description

Buffer overflow in the php\_openssl\_make\_REQ function in PHP before 5.2.4
has unknown impact and attack vectors.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-4662?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| php5 | 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 5.2.3-1ubuntu6.1 |
| 7.04 feisty | Fixed 5.2.1-0ubuntu1.5 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 5.1.6-1ubuntu2.7 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 5.1.2-1ubuntu3.10 |

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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)

http://cvs.php.net/viewcvs.cgi/php-src/ext/openssl/openssl.c?r1=1.146&r2=1.147
upstream is wrong: should be 199 not 200.
203-openssl\_make\_REQ-overflow.patch

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4662)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4662)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2007-4662)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-4662)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-549-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-549-1)
+ PHP vulnerabilities
+ 29 November 2007

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-4662>