CVE-2008-5624 | BDVDB-2026-33941 Detail
Description#
PHP 5 before 5.2.7 does not properly initialize the page_uid and page_gid global variables for use by the SAPI php_getuid function, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe_mode restrictions via variable settings that are intended to be restricted to root, as demonstrated by a setting of /etc for the error_log variable.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501376/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47318
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0035
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32688
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35003
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.7
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:045
- http://osvdb.org/50483
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/59
- http://osvdb.org/52207
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498985/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35650
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1789
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.