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CVE-2006-7243

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered Topic
2011-01-13 php -- NULL byte poisoning

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Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2006-7243
Phase Assigned(20101209)

Description

PHP before 5.3.4 accepts the \0 character in a pathname, which might allow context-dependent attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by placing a safe file extension after this character, as demonstrated by .php\0.jpg at the end of the argument to the file_exists function.

References

Source Reference
MLIST [oss-security] 20101118 NULL byte poisoning fix in php 5.3.4+
MLIST [oss-security] 20101118 Re: NULL byte poisoning fix in php 5.3.4+
MLIST [oss-security] 20101209 Re: Re: NULL byte poisoning fix in php 5.3.4+
MLIST [oss-security] 20101209 Re: Re: NULL byte poisoning fix in php 5.3.4+
MLIST [oss-security] 20101209 Re: Re: NULL byte poisoning fix in php 5.3.4+
MISC http://www.madirish.net/?article=436
CONFIRM http://bugs.php.net/39863
CONFIRM http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=305412
CONFIRM http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=305507
CONFIRM http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
CONFIRM http://www.php.net/archive/2010.php#id2010-12-10-1
CONFIRM http://www.php.net/releases/5_3_4.php
CONFIRM http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581
APPLE APPLE-SA-2011-03-21-1
HP HPSBUX02741
MANDRIVA MDVSA-2010:254
REDHAT RHSA-2013:1307
REDHAT RHSA-2013:1615
REDHAT RHSA-2014:0311
OVAL oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12569
SECUNIA 55078