National Vulnerability Database (NVD) National Vulnerability Database (CVE-2006-1608)

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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-1608

Original release date:04/10/2006

Last revised:09/10/2008

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

The copy function in file.c in PHP 4.4.2 and 5.1.2 allows local users to bypass safe mode and read arbitrary files via a source argument containing a compress.zlib:// URI.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:2.1 (LOW) (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 2.9

Exploitability Subscore: 3.9

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Locally exploitable

Access Complexity: Low

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information

Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (08/30/2006): We do not consider these to be security issues: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=169857#c1

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External Source: SREASONRES

Name: 20060408 copy() Safe Mode Bypass PHP 4.4.2 and 5.1.2

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/37

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 19599

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/19599

External Source: XF

Name: php-copy-safemode-bypass(25706)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/25706

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-320-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-320-1

External Source: BID

Name: 17439

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17439

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20060723 Re: new shell bypass safe mode

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/441210/100/0/threaded

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20060718 new shell bypass safe mode

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/440869/100/0/threaded

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20060409 copy() Safe Mode Bypass PHP 4.4.2 and 5.1.2

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/430461/100/0/threaded

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 24487

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/24487

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2006:074

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:074

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-1290

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/1290

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://us.php.net/releases/5_1_3.php

Hyperlink:http://us.php.net/releases/5_1_3.php

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1015882

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1015882

External Source: SREASON

Name: 678

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/678

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21125

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21125

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 19775

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/19775

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2006:074

Hyperlink:http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:074

Vulnerable software and versions

Configuration 1

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.0

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.0.0

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.0.1

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.0.1:patch1

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.0.1:patch2

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.0.2

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.0.3

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.0.3:patch1

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.0.4

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.0.4:patch1

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.0.5

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.0.6

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.0.7

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.0.7:rc1

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.0.7:rc2

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.0.7:rc3

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.0:beta_4_patch1

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.0:beta1

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.0:beta2

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.0:beta3

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.0:beta4

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.0:rc1

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.0:rc2

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.1.0

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.1.1

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.1.2

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.2.0

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.2.1

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.2.2

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.2.3

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.2::dev

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.3

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.3.1

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.3.10

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.3.11

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.3.2

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.3.3

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.3.4

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.3.5

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.3.6

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.3.7

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.3.8

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.3.9

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.4.0

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.4.1

* cpe:/a:php:php:4.4.2

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.0.0

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.0.0:beta1

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.0.0:beta2

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.0.0:beta3

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.0.0:beta4

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.0.0:rc1

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.0.0:rc2

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.0.0:rc3

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.0.1

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.0.2

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.0.3

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.0.4

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.0.5

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.0:rc1

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.0:rc2

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.0:rc3

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.1

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.1.0

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.1.1

* cpe:/a:php:php:5.1.2

* Denotes Vulnerable Software

Technical Details

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1608