TITLE:
PHP-Ping "count" Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA18645

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18645/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
PHP-Ping 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/2703/

DESCRIPTION:
cvh has discovered a vulnerability in PHP-Ping, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to the "count" parameter being
incorrectly validated. This can be exploited to ping other hosts
arbitrary amount of times by supplying a negative number for the
"count" parameter.

The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 1.3. Other versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that the "count" parameter is properly
validated.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
cvh, KAPDA

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.kapda.ir/advisory-231.html

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