CVE-2009-4143

Publication date 21 December 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

PHP before 5.2.12 does not properly handle session data, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors related to (1) interrupt corruption of the SESSION superglobal array and (2) the session.save_path directive.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
php5	9.10 karmic	Fixed 5.2.10.dfsg.1-2ubuntu6.4
	9.04 jaunty	Fixed 5.2.6.dfsg.1-3ubuntu4.5
	8.10 intrepid	Fixed 5.2.6-2ubuntu4.6
	8.04 LTS hardy	Fixed 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.10
	6.06 LTS dapper	Fixed 5.1.2-1ubuntu3.18

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Notes

mdeslaur

safe_mode or open_basedir bypass

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
php5	Upstream: http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=291681

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-882-1
PHP vulnerabilities
13 January 2010

Other references

http://www.suspekt.org/2009/11/28/shocking-news-in-php-exploitation/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4143