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Bug #71675 gethostbyname not return unmodified hostname
Submitted: 2016-02-26 23:09 UTC Modified: 2016-02-27 01:11 UTC
From: spacek at best-net dot cz Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Network related
PHP Version: 7.0.3 OS: Unix
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2016-02-26 23:09 UTC] spacek at best-net dot cz
Description:
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Function gethostbyname() not return unmodified hostname in situation when the input string contains only numbers.

Tested in:
PHP 7.0.3
PHP 5.6.18

Test script:
---------------
<?php

echo gethostbyname('1111111').PHP_EOL;
echo gethostbyname('111').PHP_EOL;
echo gethostbyname('111.111').PHP_EOL;
echo gethostbyname('111768768768768768.com').PHP_EOL;
echo gethostbyname('a111').PHP_EOL;
echo gethostbyname('foo').PHP_EOL;

Expected result:
----------------
1111111
111
111.111
111768768768768768.com
a111
foo

Actual result:
--------------
0.16.244.71
0.0.0.111
111.0.0.111
111768768768768768.com
a111
foo

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 [2016-02-27 01:11 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug
 [2016-02-27 01:11 UTC] requinix@php.net
This is how gethostbyname(3) behaves.
http://linux.die.net/man/3/gethostbyname

For numeric inputs, the behavior is explained in the inet_addr(3) docs.
http://linux.die.net/man/3/inet_addr

See your distro's documentation for more specific information.
 
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