National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-7243

Overview

PHP before 5.3.4 accepts the \0 character in a pathname, which might allow context-dependent attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by placing a safe file extension after this character, as demonstrated by .php\0.jpg at the end of the argument to the file_exists function.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=305507

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=305507

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=305412

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=305412

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20101209 Re: Re: NULL byte poisoning fix in php 5.3.4+

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/9

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20101209 Re: Re: NULL byte poisoning fix in php 5.3.4+

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/10

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20101118 Re: NULL byte poisoning fix in php 5.3.4+

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/18/5

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20101118 NULL byte poisoning fix in php 5.3.4+

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/18/4

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://bugs.php.net/39863

Type: Patch Information; Exploit

Hyperlink:http://bugs.php.net/39863

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.php.net/releases/5_3_4.php

Hyperlink:http://www.php.net/releases/5_3_4.php

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php

Hyperlink:http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.php.net/archive/2010.php#id2010-12-10-1

Hyperlink:http://www.php.net/archive/2010.php#id2010-12-10-1

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2010:254

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:254

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.madirish.net/?article=436

Hyperlink:http://www.madirish.net/?article=436

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12569

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12569

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20101209 Re: Re: NULL byte poisoning fix in php 5.3.4+

Hyperlink:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/11

External Source: HP

Name: HPSBUX02741

Hyperlink:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=132871655717248&w=2

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2011-03-21-1

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12569

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12569