ID: 15153
Updated by: sander
Reported By: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Status: Open
Old Bug Type: *Directory/Filesystem functions
Bug Type: Documentation problem
Operating System: Linux 2.2.20 (Redhat 5.2)
PHP Version: 4.1.1
New Comment:

Reclassified as a documentation problem.


Previous Comments:
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[2002-01-21 16:23:16] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

A piece of code that you have at
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.readdir.php
leads to system DoS with php-4.1.1, Linux 2.2.20,
apache 1.3.22:

Example 1. List all files in the current directory

<?php
$handle=opendir('.');
echo "Directory handle: $handle\n";
echo "Files:\n";
while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) { 
    echo "$file\n";
}
closedir($handle); 
?>
 
When this code is executed, php enters a loop writing this line to the
log file an infinite number of times: 
[date] PHP Warning: Supplied argument is not a valid Directory resource
in /path/to/script.php on line 5.
Httpd uses all processor time and finally fills the partition in which
the log file is located.

The problem seems to be the dot in the function call because the script
works normally if the dot is replaced with an absolute path name.

My apacle 1.3.22 web server includes the following modules:
mod_ssl 2.8.5, mod_perl 1.26, php-3.0.18, php-4.1.1. Php-4.1.1 has been
compiled as a dynamic module with the following options:
--enable-versioning --with-apxs --with-mysql --with-xml
--enable-calendar --enable-memory-limit --enable-session
--enable-safe-mode --with-openssl --enable-bcmath --with-gd

I also tried this with php-4.0.6 and the result is the same. 

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