PHP version 5.2.0 and prior is prone to multiple security vulnerabilities. Successful exploits could allow an attacker to write files in unauthorized locations, cause a denial-of-service condition, and potentially execute code. These issues are reported to affect PHP 4.4.4 and prior versions in the 4 branch, and 5.2.0 and prior versions in the 5 branch; other versions may also be vulnerable. Reproducible: Didn't try http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.1 http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_1.php
This is sort of unrelated, but it would be nice if metadata.xml made reference to php-bugs@gentoo.org. I forget every time :-(
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 153911 ***