National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2005-3417
Original release date:11/01/2005
Last revised:03/08/2011
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
phpBB 2.0.17 and earlier, when the register_long_arrays directive is disabled, allows remote attackers to modify global variables and bypass security mechanisms because PHP does not define the associated HTTP_* variables.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0 incomplete approximation):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: BID
Name: 15243
Type: Patch Information
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_172005.75.html
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1015121
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20051031 Advisory 17/2005: phpBB Multiple Vulnerabilities
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 17366
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 20414
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-925
External Source: SREASON
Name: 130
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 18098
