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.
| 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 5.2.2Upgrade to PHP version 4.4.7 | Oct 1, 2012 | Mar 21, 2007 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade php4-calendarUpgrade php4-pearUpgrade apache2-mod_php4Upgrade php4-unixODBCUpgrade php5-snmpUpgrade php5-bcmathUpgrade php5-ncursesUpgrade php5-mcryptUpgrade php5-imapUpgrade php5-socketsUpgrade php5-wddxUpgrade php4-snmpUpgrade php5-zipUpgrade php5-sysvsemUpgrade php5-pcntlUpgrade php5-xmlrpcUpgrade php4-ypUpgrade php5-xslUpgrade php5-pdoUpgrade php5-pearUpgrade php4-sysvshmUpgrade php5-develUpgrade mod_php4-apache2Upgrade apache2-mod_php5Upgrade php5-mysqlUpgrade php5-xmlwriterUpgrade php5-gmpUpgrade php4-fileproUpgrade php5-ftpUpgrade php4-dbaseUpgrade php4-bz2Upgrade php5-sysvmsgUpgrade php5-hashUpgrade php5-jsonUpgrade php5-xmlreaderUpgrade php4-mcalUpgrade php5-opensslUpgrade php4-swfUpgrade php4-xsltUpgrade php5-fastcgiUpgrade php5-gettextUpgrade php5-mhashUpgrade php4-ldapUpgrade php4-wddxUpgrade php5-iconvUpgrade php4-readlineUpgrade mod_php4-servletUpgrade php4-develUpgrade php4-zlibUpgrade php4-gdUpgrade php4-mcryptUpgrade php5-exifUpgrade php4-shmopUpgrade php4-gmpUpgrade php4-fastcgiUpgrade php4-iconvUpgrade php4-mhashUpgrade php4-bcmathUpgrade php5-dbaUpgrade php5-curlUpgrade php5-gdUpgrade php4-mbstringUpgrade php4-dbaUpgrade php5-pspellUpgrade php4-gettextUpgrade php5-odbcUpgrade php5-suhosinUpgrade php4-imapUpgrade php4-sysvsemUpgrade suse-releaseUpgrade mod_php4-coreUpgrade php5-domUpgrade php5-shmopUpgrade php4-recodeUpgrade php5-posixUpgrade php4-qtdomUpgrade php5-mbstringUpgrade php5-ctypeUpgrade php5-sqliteUpgrade php5-tidyUpgrade php4-pgsqlUpgrade php5-dbaseUpgrade php5-tokenizerUpgrade php4-curlUpgrade php4-ctypeUpgrade php5-zlibUpgrade php4-exifUpgrade php4-mysqlUpgrade php5-soapUpgrade php4-mime_magicUpgrade php4-sessionUpgrade php5-bz2Upgrade php4-domxmlUpgrade php5-calendarUpgrade apache-mod_php4Upgrade php4-socketsUpgrade php5-sysvshmUpgrade php4-ftpUpgrade php5-pgsqlUpgrade php5-ldap | 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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