php -- memory_limit related vulnerability

Stefan Esser of e-matters discovered a condition within PHP that may lead to remote execution of arbitrary code. The memorylimit facility is used to notify functions when memory contraints have been met. Under certain conditions, the entry into this facility is able to interrupt functions such as...

RHEL 2.1 : php (RHSA-2002:214)

PHP versions up to and including 4.2.2 contain vulnerabilities in the mail function, allowing local script authors to bypass safe mode restrictions and possibly allowing remote attackers to insert arbitrary mail headers or content. Updated 13 Jan 2003 Added fixed packages for the Itanium IA64...

CVE-1999-1518

Operating systems with shared memory implementations based on BSD 4.4 code allow a user to conduct a denial of service and bypass memory limits e.g., as specified with rlimits using mmap or shmget to allocate memory and cause page faults...