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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-3799

Original release date:07/16/2007
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:4.3 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification

Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (08/03/2007)
Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2007-3799 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2007-709
Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00354.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://launchpad.net/bugs/173043
Hyperlink:https://launchpad.net/bugs/173043
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1693
Hyperlink:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1693
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-549-1
Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-549-1
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-549-2
Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-549-2
External Source: BID
Name: 24268
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24268
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2007:0891
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0891.html
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2007:0890
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0890.html
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2007:0888
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0888.html
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.php-security.org/MOPB/PMOPB-46-2007.html
Hyperlink:http://www.php-security.org/MOPB/PMOPB-46-2007.html
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2007:015
Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_15_sr.html
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2007:187
Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:187
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-449.htm
Hyperlink:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-449.htm
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27864
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27864
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27545
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27545
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27377
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27377
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27351
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27351
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26967
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26967
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26930
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26930
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26895
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26895
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26871
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26871
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2007:0889
Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0889.html
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-0924
Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1578
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1578
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1444
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1444
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30288
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30288
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29420
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28249
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28249
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2008-03-18
Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
Hyperlink:http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562

Vulnerable software and versions

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Technical Details

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3799