28273 : PHP PHPSESSID Character Implementation Third Party Session Handling Weakness
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
5	309	over 3 years ago	over 2 years ago	0 times	100%

Timeline

Discovery Date	Disclosure Date
2006-08-21	2006-08-24

Description

PHP contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to inject PHP code into the 'PHPSESSID' session identifier. The flaw is due to lack of validation of the characters used in the 'PHPSESSID' session identifier. It is possible that the flaw may allow execution of arbitrary code resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
OSVDB: Concern

Solution

Upgrade to version 4.4.3 or 5.1.4 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

The PHP Group	PHP	5.0.1
		5.0.2
		5.0.3
		5.0.4
		5.0.5
		5.1.0
		5.1.1
		5.1.2
		5.1.3
		4.0.x
		4.1.x
		4.2.x
		4.3.x
		4.4.0
		4.4.1
		4.4.2

References

CVE ID: 2006-4433 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 21573
Related OSVDB ID: 28230 28232 28233
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2006-3388
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-08/0471.html
Other Advisory URL: http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_052006.128.html
Vendor URL: http://www.zend.com/

Credit

Stefan Esser - sesserhardened-php.net - www.hardened-php.net

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-08-30 | Disagree?

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