National Vulnerability Database (NVD) National Vulnerability Database (CVE-2012-0831)

National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-0831

Original release date:02/10/2012

Last revised:06/10/2013

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

PHP before 5.3.10 does not properly perform a temporary change to the magic_quotes_gpc directive during the importing of environment variables, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct SQL injection attacks via a crafted request, related to main/php_variables.c, sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c, and sapi/fpm/fpm/fpm_main.c.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:6.8 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 6.4

Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Network exploitable

Access Complexity: Medium

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service

As per: http://grokbase.com/t/php/php-internals/122ehfap93/about-cve-2012-0831-magic-quotes-gpc-remote-disable-vulnerability Version 5.3.10 and 5.3.11 are also vulnerable.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-1358-1

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1358-1

External Source: BID

Name: 51954

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51954

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://launchpadlibrarian.net/92454212/php5_5.3.2-1ubuntu4.13.diff.gz

Hyperlink:https://launchpadlibrarian.net/92454212/php5_5.3.2-1ubuntu4.13.diff.gz

External Source: XF

Name: php-magicquotesgpc-sec-bypass(73125)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/73125

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=323016

Hyperlink:http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=323016

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 48668

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/48668

External Source: SUSE

Name: openSUSE-SU-2012:0426

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00016.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2012-6907

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080041.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2012-6911

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080037.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2012-09-19-2

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html

Vulnerable software and versions

Configuration 1

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.3.8

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.3.7

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.3.6

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.3.5

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.3.4

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.3.3

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.3.2

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.3.1

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.3.0

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.2.9

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.2.8

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.2.6

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.2.5

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.2.4

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.2.3

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.2.2

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.2.16

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.2.15

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.2.14

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.2.13

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.2.12

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.2.11

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.2.10

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.2.1

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.2.0

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.1.6

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.1.5

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.1.4

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.1.3

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.1.2

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.1.1

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.1.0

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.0.5

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.0.4

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.0.3

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.0.2

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.0.1

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.0.0:rc3

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.0.0:rc2

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.0.0:rc1

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.0.0:beta4

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.0.0:beta3

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.0.0:beta2

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.0.0:beta1

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.0.0

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.3.10

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.3.1

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.3.2

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.3.11

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.3.4

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.3.3

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.3.6

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.3.5

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.2.1

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.2.0

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.2.3

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.2.2

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.4.5

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.4.6

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.4.7

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.3.7

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.3.8

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.3.9

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.4.0

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.4.1

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.4.2

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.4.3

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.4.4

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.4.8

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.4.9

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.3.0

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.0:beta1

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.0:beta2

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.0.1

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.0.0

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.0:beta_4_patch1

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.0:beta3

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.0:beta4

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.0.6

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.0.5

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.0.4

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.0.3

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.0.2

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.1.2

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.1.1

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.1.0

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.0.7

* cpe:/a:php:php:3.0.11

* cpe:/a:php:php:3.0.10

* cpe:/a:php:php:3.0.13

* cpe:/a:php:php:3.0.12

* cpe:/a:php:php:3.0.1

* cpe:/a:php:php:3.0

* cpe:/a:php:php:3.0.2

* cpe:/a:php:php:3.0.18

* cpe:/a:php:php:3.0.4

* cpe:/a:php:php:3.0.3

* cpe:/a:php:php:3.0.15

* cpe:/a:php:php:3.0.14

* cpe:/a:php:php:3.0.17

* cpe:/a:php:php:3.0.16

* cpe:/a:php:php:3.0.9

* cpe:/a:php:php:3.0.7

* cpe:/a:php:php:3.0.8

* cpe:/a:php:php:3.0.5

* cpe:/a:php:php:3.0.6

* cpe:/a:php:php:2.0b10

* cpe:/a:php:php:2.0

* cpe:/a:php:php:1.0

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.3.9

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.3.10

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.3.11 and previous versions

* Denotes Vulnerable Software

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

Input Validation (CWE-20)

CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0831