sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c in PHP before 5.3.13 and 5.4.x before 5.4.3, when configured as a CGI script (aka php-cgi), does not properly handle query strings that contain a %3D sequence but no = (equals sign) character, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by placing command-line options in the query string, related to lack of skipping a certain php_getopt for the 'd' case. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-1823.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Osx Note | — | Upgrade macOS to the latest versionApply OS X security update 2012-004 | Aug 28, 2015 | May 11, 2012 |
| Apple Osx Php | — | Upgrade macOS to the latest versionApply OS X security update 2012-004 | Sep 27, 2012 | May 11, 2012 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade php5Upgrade php52Upgrade php53 | Dec 10, 2025 | May 12, 2012 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-lang/php. | Oct 30, 2017 | May 11, 2012 |
| Hpsmh | — | Upgrade to the latest version of HP System Management Homepage | Oct 13, 2015 | May 11, 2012 |
| Hpux | — | Update hpuxwsAPACHE.AUTH_LDAP to the latest versionUpdate hpuxwsAPACHE.MOD_JK2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxwsAPACHE.MOD_PERL2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APACHE.WEBPROXY to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APACHE.AUTH_LDAP to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APCH32.MOD_JK2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxwsAPACHE.APACHE to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APCH32.MOD_PERL to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APACHE.MOD_JK2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APACHE.AUTH_LDAP2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APACHE.PHP2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APCH32.PHP to the latest versionUpdate hpuxwsAPACHE.WEBPROXY to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APACHE.APACHE to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APCH32.AUTH_LDAP to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APACHE.WEBPROXY2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APACHE.PHP to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APACHE.MOD_PERL to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APCH32.PHP2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxwsAPACHE.APACHE2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APCH32.APACHE to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APACHE.MOD_PERL2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APACHE.MOD_JK to the latest versionUpdate hpuxwsAPACHE.MOD_JK to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APCH32.MOD_JK to the latest versionUpdate hpuxwsAPACHE.PHP to the latest versionUpdate hpuxwsAPACHE.AUTH_LDAP2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxwsAPACHE.MOD_PERL to the latest versionUpdate hpuxwsAPACHE.PHP2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APACHE.APACHE2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APCH32.WEBPROXY to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APCH32.AUTH_LDAP2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APCH32.APACHE2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APCH32.MOD_PERL2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APCH32.WEBPROXY2 to the latest version | Aug 11, 2017 | May 11, 2012 |
| Php | — | Upgrade to PHP version 5.3.13Upgrade to PHP version 5.4.3 | Jul 17, 2012 | May 11, 2012 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade php5-fileinfo-debuginfoUpgrade php5-snmp-debuginfoUpgrade php5-pgsqlUpgrade php5-pgsql-debuginfoUpgrade php5-tokenizerUpgrade php5-xmlreader-debuginfoUpgrade php5-dba-debuginfoUpgrade php5-sysvshm-debuginfoUpgrade php5-dom-debuginfoUpgrade php53-opensslUpgrade php5-gettext-debuginfoUpgrade php53-fileinfoUpgrade php5-pcntlUpgrade php5-dbaseUpgrade php5-gmpUpgrade php5-ncursesUpgrade php5-mssqlUpgrade php53Upgrade php53-xmlrpcUpgrade php5-sockets-debuginfoUpgrade php5-fileinfoUpgrade php5-pharUpgrade php5-odbcUpgrade php5-bz2-debuginfoUpgrade php53-intlUpgrade php53-pearUpgrade php5-bz2Upgrade php5-mbstringUpgrade php5-jsonUpgrade php5-hashUpgrade php53-fastcgiUpgrade php5-zlib-debuginfoUpgrade php5-iconv-debuginfoUpgrade php5-soapUpgrade php5-xmlrpc-debuginfoUpgrade apache2-mod_php5-debuginfoUpgrade php53-bcmathUpgrade php5-pearUpgrade php53-sysvshmUpgrade php5-calendarUpgrade php53-xslUpgrade php53-xmlwriterUpgrade php5-snmpUpgrade php5-mbstring-debuginfoUpgrade php5-pspellUpgrade php53-sqliteUpgrade php53-zlibUpgrade php5-zip-debuginfoUpgrade php53-tokenizerUpgrade php5-develUpgrade php5-fpmUpgrade php5-ldap-debuginfoUpgrade php5-curlUpgrade php5-mysqlUpgrade php53-dbaUpgrade php5-curl-debuginfoUpgrade php5-ctype-debuginfoUpgrade php53-iconvUpgrade php53-gdUpgrade php5-gd-debuginfoUpgrade php53-gmpUpgrade php5-suhosinUpgrade php5-zlibUpgrade php5-gmp-debuginfoUpgrade php5-mysql-debuginfoUpgrade php53-pcntlUpgrade php53-ctypeUpgrade php5-enchantUpgrade php5-gdUpgrade php5-dbaUpgrade php5-sqliteUpgrade php5-mhashUpgrade php5-sysvmsg-debuginfoUpgrade php5-pdoUpgrade php53-snmpUpgrade php5-mcryptUpgrade php5-readlineUpgrade php53-pspellUpgrade php5Upgrade php5-sysvsem-debuginfoUpgrade php5-ldapUpgrade php5-readline-debuginfoUpgrade php53-pdoUpgrade php53-readlineUpgrade php5-shmopUpgrade php53-exifUpgrade php5-json-debuginfoUpgrade php5-pdo-debuginfoUpgrade php53-wddxUpgrade php5-mssql-debuginfoUpgrade php5-xmlrpcUpgrade php5-sysvmsgUpgrade php53-mcryptUpgrade php53-shmopUpgrade php53-jsonUpgrade php5-opensslUpgrade php53-socketsUpgrade php5-exifUpgrade php5-suhosin-debuginfoUpgrade php5-enchant-debuginfoUpgrade php53-suhosinUpgrade php53-mbstringUpgrade php5-fastcgi-debuginfoUpgrade php5-fastcgiUpgrade php5-intlUpgrade php5-fpm-debuginfoUpgrade php53-mysqlUpgrade php5-sysvsemUpgrade php5-xmlwriterUpgrade php5-domUpgrade php5-ftpUpgrade php5-socketsUpgrade php53-xmlreaderUpgrade php5-wddx-debuginfoUpgrade php53-imapUpgrade php5-openssl-debuginfoUpgrade php5-shmop-debuginfoUpgrade php53-odbcUpgrade php5-zipUpgrade php53-develUpgrade php5-bcmathUpgrade php5-phar-debuginfoUpgrade sle-sdk-releaseUpgrade php5-tidyUpgrade php53-pgsqlUpgrade php5-tokenizer-debuginfoUpgrade php5-ctypeUpgrade php53-calendarUpgrade php5-sqlite-debuginfoUpgrade php5-intl-debuginfoUpgrade php5-imap-debuginfoUpgrade php53-curlUpgrade php5-sysvshmUpgrade php5-pspell-debuginfoUpgrade php5-posix-debuginfoUpgrade php5-xslUpgrade php5-pcntl-debuginfoUpgrade php5-xmlwriter-debuginfoUpgrade php53-posixUpgrade php5-gettextUpgrade php53-sysvsemUpgrade php53-sysvmsgUpgrade php53-bz2Upgrade php53-gettextUpgrade php5-ftp-debuginfoUpgrade php5-exif-debuginfoUpgrade php5-mcrypt-debuginfoUpgrade php5-calendar-debuginfoUpgrade php53-tidyUpgrade php5-iconvUpgrade php5-soap-debuginfoUpgrade php5-odbc-debuginfoUpgrade apache2-mod_php53Upgrade php5-bcmath-debuginfoUpgrade php53-ftpUpgrade php5-xmlreaderUpgrade php53-zipUpgrade php5-tidy-debuginfoUpgrade php5-xsl-debuginfoUpgrade php5-posixUpgrade php53-soapUpgrade php5-debuginfoUpgrade apache2-mod_php5Upgrade php5-debugsourceUpgrade php5-wddxUpgrade php5-imapUpgrade php53-domUpgrade php53-ldap | Feb 17, 2015 | May 11, 2012 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade php5-cgi | Nov 8, 2024 | May 11, 2012 |
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