The mb_parse_str function in PHP 4.0.0 through 4.4.6 and 5.0.0 through 5.2.1 sets the internal register_globals flag and does not disable it in certain cases when a script terminates, which allows remote attackers to invoke available PHP scripts with register_globals functionality that is not detectable by these scripts, as demonstrated by forcing a memory_limit violation.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Osx Php | — | Apply OS X security update 2007-007 | Dec 16, 2011 | Mar 21, 2007 |
| F5 Big Ip | — | Update F5 BIG-IP to the latest version | Jun 17, 2026 | Mar 19, 2013 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-lang/php. | Oct 30, 2017 | Mar 21, 2007 |
| Php | — | Upgrade to PHP version 4.4.7Upgrade to PHP version 5.2.2 | Oct 1, 2012 | Mar 21, 2007 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade php4-dbaseUpgrade php5-xmlwriterUpgrade apache2-mod_php5Upgrade php4-snmpUpgrade php4-xsltUpgrade php5-opensslUpgrade php5-hashUpgrade php4-bz2Upgrade php5-jsonUpgrade php4-ypUpgrade php5-mcryptUpgrade php4-wddxUpgrade php5-xmlrpcUpgrade mod_php4-servletUpgrade php5-zipUpgrade php4-mcalUpgrade php5-fastcgiUpgrade php4-readlineUpgrade php4-sysvshmUpgrade php5-gmpUpgrade php5-socketsUpgrade php5-gettextUpgrade php5-pdoUpgrade php5-ftpUpgrade php5-develUpgrade php5-wddxUpgrade php4-fileproUpgrade php5-iconvUpgrade php5-pcntlUpgrade php5-bcmathUpgrade php4-ldapUpgrade php5-mysqlUpgrade php5-sysvsemUpgrade php5-xmlreaderUpgrade php4-swfUpgrade apache2-mod_php4Upgrade php5-imapUpgrade php5-pearUpgrade php5-xslUpgrade php5-snmpUpgrade php5-ncursesUpgrade php4-unixODBCUpgrade php5-mhashUpgrade mod_php4-apache2Upgrade php5-sysvmsgUpgrade php4-pearUpgrade php4-develUpgrade php4-calendarUpgrade php4-socketsUpgrade php4-recodeUpgrade php4-sessionUpgrade php5-bz2Upgrade php4-fastcgiUpgrade php4-qtdomUpgrade php5-curlUpgrade php4-zlibUpgrade php4-bcmathUpgrade php5-pspellUpgrade php4-gmpUpgrade php4-dbaUpgrade php5-posixUpgrade php5-odbcUpgrade php4-ftpUpgrade php4-sysvsemUpgrade php4-mbstringUpgrade php4-shmopUpgrade php5-exifUpgrade php4-gettextUpgrade php4-ctypeUpgrade php5-shmopUpgrade php5-sqliteUpgrade php4-curlUpgrade php5-suhosinUpgrade php5-tidyUpgrade php5-gdUpgrade php5-domUpgrade php5-ldapUpgrade php5-tokenizerUpgrade php4-mysqlUpgrade php4-exifUpgrade php4-imapUpgrade php4-mcryptUpgrade php5-calendarUpgrade php5-sysvshmUpgrade php5-dbaUpgrade php5-soapUpgrade php4-mhashUpgrade suse-releaseUpgrade php5-zlibUpgrade mod_php4-coreUpgrade php4-mime_magicUpgrade apache-mod_php4Upgrade php4-domxmlUpgrade php4-pgsqlUpgrade php4-iconvUpgrade php4-gdUpgrade php5-mbstringUpgrade php5-pgsqlUpgrade php5-ctypeUpgrade php5-dbase | Feb 17, 2015 | Mar 21, 2007 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade php5-cliUpgrade libapache2-mod-php5Upgrade php5-sqliteUpgrade php5-cgi | Nov 8, 2024 | Mar 21, 2007 |
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