CVE-2006-2563

Summary

CVECVE-2006-2563
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-05-29 16:02:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-20 01:31:00 UTC
DescriptionThe cURL library (libcurl) in PHP 4.4.2 and 5.1.4 allows attackers to bypass safe mode and read files via a file:// request containing null characters.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Php Php 4.4.2 All All All
Application Php Php 5.1.4 All All All
Application Php Php 4.4.2 All All All
Application Php Php 5.1.4 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
SUSE updates for php4 / php5 - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Security Announcement SUSE www.novell.com
PHP cURL Encoded NULL Character Safe_Mode Restriction Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - PHP libcurl Bug in Processing 'file://' URLs Containing NULL Characters Lets Users Bypass Safe Mode Restrictions SECTRACK securitytracker.com
Security Announcement SUSE www.novell.com
SecurityReason - cURL Safe Mode Bypass PHP 4.4.2 and 5.1.4 SREASON securityreason.com
SecurityReason - cURL Safe Mode Bypass PHP 4.4.2 and 5.1.4 SREASONRES securityreason.com
Mandriva update for php - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
PHP "curl_init()" Safe Mode Bypass Weakness - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2006-09-20Mark J CoxWe do not consider these to be security issues. For more details see http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=169857#c1 and http://www.php.net/security-note.php
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