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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-5625: PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-5625: PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/17/2008
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

PHP 5 before 5.2.7 does not enforce the error_log safe_mode restrictions when safe_mode is enabled through a php_admin_flag setting in httpd.conf, which allows context-dependent attackers to write to arbitrary files by placing a "php_value error_log" entry in a .htaccess file.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-lang-php

References

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