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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2009-3558: PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2009-3558: PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/23/2009
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

The posix_mkfifo function in ext/posix/posix.c in PHP before 5.2.12 and 5.3.x before 5.3.1 allows context-dependent attackers to bypass open_basedir restrictions, and create FIFO files, via the pathname and mode arguments, as demonstrated by creating a .htaccess file.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-lang-php

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