The parse_str function in PHP 4.x up to 4.4.0 and 5.x up to 5.0.5, when called with only one parameter, allows remote attackers to enable the register_globals directive via inputs that cause a request to be terminated due to the memory_limit setting, which causes PHP to set an internal flag that enables register_globals and allows attackers to exploit vulnerabilities in PHP applications that would otherwise be protected.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-php/mod_php.Upgrade dev-php/php.Upgrade dev-php/php-cgi. | Oct 30, 2017 | Nov 1, 2005 |
| Php | — | Upgrade to PHP version 5.1.0Upgrade to PHP version 4.4.1 | Oct 1, 2012 | Nov 1, 2005 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade apache2-mod_php8Upgrade php8-pdoUpgrade php8-gdUpgrade php8-ctypeUpgrade php8-snmpUpgrade php8-opcacheUpgrade php8-mysqlUpgrade php8-xmlreaderUpgrade php8-cliUpgrade php8-develUpgrade php8-zipUpgrade php8-curlUpgrade php8-socketsUpgrade php8-mbstringUpgrade php8-dbaUpgrade php8-soapUpgrade php8Upgrade php8-odbcUpgrade php8-sysvsemUpgrade php8-sysvmsgUpgrade php8-gettextUpgrade php8-intlUpgrade php8-xslUpgrade php8-xmlwriterUpgrade php8-posixUpgrade php8-fpm-apacheUpgrade php8-bz2Upgrade php8-tidyUpgrade php8-tokenizerUpgrade php8-pgsqlUpgrade php8-readlineUpgrade php8-zlibUpgrade php8-calendarUpgrade php8-fileinfoUpgrade php8-opensslUpgrade php8-gmpUpgrade php8-ffiUpgrade php8-bcmathUpgrade php8-ldapUpgrade php8-shmopUpgrade php8-sodiumUpgrade php8-enchantUpgrade php8-iconvUpgrade php8-pharUpgrade php8-sysvshmUpgrade php8-exifUpgrade php8-embedUpgrade php8-ftpUpgrade php8-sqliteUpgrade php8-fpmUpgrade php8-fastcgiUpgrade php8-domUpgrade php8-pcntl | Feb 17, 2015 | Jun 28, 2013 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade php4-cliUpgrade php4-gdUpgrade php5-cliUpgrade php4-cgiUpgrade php5-gdUpgrade libapache2-mod-php4 | Nov 8, 2024 | Nov 1, 2005 |
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