PHP Buffer Overflows, Filtering Bypass, and Configuration Bypass Bugs May Let Users Gain Elevated Privileges
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1018934 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1018934
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2007-5898, CVE-2007-5900
(Links to External Site)
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Updated: Feb 17 2008
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Original Entry Date: Nov 12 2007
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Impact:
Execution of arbitrary code via local system, Modification of user information, User access via local system
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): prior to 5.2.5
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in PHP. A user may be able to obtain elevated privileges on the target system.
A user may be able to trigger a buffer overflow in the fnmatch(), setlocale() and glob() functions. Laurent Gaffie reported this vulnerability.
A user can supply partial multibyte sequences to the htmlentities() and htmlspecialchars() functions to potentially bypass the filtering functions. Rasmus Lerdorf reported this vulnerability.
A user can invoke the ini_set() function to overwrite values set with php_admin_* in the 'httpd.conf' file. samy-delux at gmx dot de reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A user may be able to obtain elevated privileges on the target system.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fixed version (5.2.5).
The PHP advisory is available at:
http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_5.php
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Vendor URL: www.php.net/releases/5_2_5.php (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Access control error, Boundary error, State error
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Underlying OS:
Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
This archive entry has one or more follow-up message(s) listed below.
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Jul 2 2008 |
(Red Hat Issues Fix for Red Hat Application Stack) PHP Buffer Overflows, Filtering Bypass, and Configuration Bypass Bugs May Let Users Gain Elevated Privileges
(bugzilla@redhat.com)
Red Hat has released a fix for for Red Hat Application Stack v2 for for Enterprise Linux 5.
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Jul 16 2008 |
(Red Hat Issues Fix) PHP Buffer Overflows, Filtering Bypass, and Configuration Bypass Bugs May Let Users Gain Elevated Privileges
(bugzilla@redhat.com)
Red Hat has released a fix for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 5.
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Jul 16 2008 |
(Red Hat Issues Fix) PHP Buffer Overflows, Filtering Bypass, and Configuration Bypass Bugs May Let Users Gain Elevated Privileges
(bugzilla@redhat.com)
Red Hat has released a fix for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1.
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Jul 16 2008 |
(Red Hat Issues Fix) PHP Buffer Overflows, Filtering Bypass, and Configuration Bypass Bugs May Let Users Gain Elevated Privileges
(bugzilla@redhat.com)
Red Hat has released a fix for CVE-2007-5898 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.
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Jul 22 2008 |
(Red Hat Issues Fix) PHP Buffer Overflows, Filtering Bypass, and Configuration Bypass Bugs May Let Users Gain Elevated Privileges
(bugzilla@redhat.com)
Red Hat has released a fix for Red Hat Application Stack v1.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 07:29:21 -0500
Subject: PHP
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http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_5.php
> Security Enhancements and Fixes in PHP 5.2.5
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