Does anyone know anything about this? I can't imagine how this kind of bug
would work. Can only imagine the debug process that found it...

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From: "Sam Hall" <sam.h...@cdu.edu.au>
Date: 11/02/2011 11:39 AM
Subject: Re: Are we running any PHP instances on a 32-bit OS?
To:

Got this Java patch notice, looks like Java is/was also vulnerable...
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/alert-cve-2010-4476-305811.html

On 05/01/11 11:14, Jacques Chester wrote:
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http://www.exploringbinary.com/php-hangs-on-numeric-value-2-2250738585072011e-308/
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> It seems that PHP, when compiled to run on a 32 bit OS (using x87 instead
of SSE for
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> floating point), can be made to peg CPU usage at 100% by passing it this
value.
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> 64-bit versions of PHP are not affected as they use SSE for floating point
calculations.
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> Cheers,
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> JC.
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> Jacques Chester
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> Analyst Programmer

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