CVE-2007-3799

The session_start function in ext/session in PHP 4.x up to 4.4.7 and 5.x up to 5.2.3 allows remote attackers to insert arbitrary attributes into the session cookie via special characters in a cookie that is obtained from (1) PATH_INFO, (2) the session_id function, and (3) the session_start function, which are not encoded or filtered when the new session cookie is generated, a related issue to CVE-2006-0207.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
php4	9.10 karmic	Not in release
	9.04 jaunty	Not in release
	8.10 intrepid	Not in release
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not in release
	7.10 gutsy	Not in release
	7.04 feisty	Not in release
	6.10 edgy	Ignored end of life, was needed
	6.06 LTS dapper	Ignored end of life
php5	9.10 karmic	Not affected
	9.04 jaunty	Not affected
	8.10 intrepid	Not affected
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not affected
	7.10 gutsy	Fixed 5.2.3-1ubuntu6.1
	7.04 feisty	Fixed 5.2.1-0ubuntu1.5
	6.10 edgy	Fixed 5.1.6-1ubuntu2.7
	6.06 LTS dapper	Fixed 5.1.2-1ubuntu3.10

Notes

kees

http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/ext/session/session.c?r1=1.417.2.8.2.36&r2=1.417.2.8.2.37&pathrev=PHP_5_2 204-start-session-cookies.patch

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
php4	Upstream: http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/ext/session/session.c?r1=1.417.2.8.2.36&r2=1.417.2.8.2.37&pathrev=PHP_5_2

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kees

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