php -- readfile() DoS vulnerability

Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades. http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=27037 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_06_sr.html http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/07f3fe15-a9de-11d9-a788-0001020eed82.html
Insight
The following packages are affected: mod_php4-twig php4-cgi php4-cli php4-dtc php4-horde php4-nms php4 mod_php mod_php4 CVE-2005-0596 PHP 4 (PHP4) allows attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by using the readfile function on a file whose size is a multiple of the page size.