SB2017080869 - Multiple vulnerabilities in PHP
Published: August 8, 2017 Updated: June 8, 2025
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2008-0145)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Unspecified vulnerability in glob in PHP before 4.4.8, when open_basedir is enabled, has unknown impact and attack vectors. NOTE: this issue reportedly exists because of a regression related to CVE-2007-4663.
2) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2007-3378)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
The (1) session_save_path, (2) ini_set, and (3) error_log functions in PHP 4.4.7 and earlier, and PHP 5 5.2.3 and earlier, when invoked from a .htaccess file, allow remote attackers to bypass safe_mode and open_basedir restrictions and possibly execute arbitrary commands, as demonstrated using (a) php_value, (b) php_flag, and (c) directives in .htaccess.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=41655
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28318
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28936
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.335136
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-4.php
- http://www.php.net/releases/4_4_8.php
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0059
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39401
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01345501
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Sep/34
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26642
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26822
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26838
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27102
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27377
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27648
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28750
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30040
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_exploitalert/9
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/45
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2831
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3389
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/09/17/3
- http://www.osvdb.org/38682
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.4
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.5
- http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_4.php
- http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_5.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472343/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491693/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24661
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25498
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3023
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0398
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35102
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39403
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1693
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1702
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6056