1<?php 2$_SERVER['BASE_PAGE'] = 'releases/5_2_17.php'; 3include_once __DIR__ . '/../include/prepend.inc'; 4site_header("PHP 5.2.17 Release Announcement"); 5?> 6 7<h1>PHP 5.2.17 Release Announcement</h1> 8<p> 9The PHP development team would like to announce the immediate 10availability of PHP 5.2.17.</p> 11 12<p>This release resolves a critical issue, reported as PHP bug #53632, 13where conversions from string to double might cause the PHP interpreter 14to hang on systems using x87 FPU registers.</p> 15 16<p>The problem is known to only affect x86 32-bit PHP processes, regardless 17of whether the system hosting PHP is 32-bit or 64-bit. You can test 18whether your system is affected by running <a href="/distributions/test_bug53632.txt">this script</a> 19from the command line.</p> 20 21<p>All users of PHP are strongly advised to update to these versions 22immediately.</p> 23 24<p> 25<b>Security Enhancements and Fixes in PHP 5.2.17:</b> 26</p> 27<ul> 28 <li>Fixed bug #53632 (PHP hangs on numeric value 2.2250738585072011e-308). (CVE-2010-4645)</li> 29</ul> 30 31<?php site_footer(); ?> 32
