CVE-2007-3799

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-3799
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-07-16 22:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Php Php 4.0 beta1 All All
Application Php Php 4.0 beta2 All All
Application Php Php 4.0 beta3 All All
Application Php Php 4.0 beta4 All All
Application Php Php 4.0 beta_4_patch1 All All
Application Php Php 4.0.0 All All All
Application Php Php 4.0.1 All All All
Application Php Php 4.0.2 All All All
Application Php Php 4.0.3 All All All
Application Php Php 4.0.4 All All All
Application Php Php 4.0.5 All All All
Application Php Php 4.0.6 All All All
Application Php Php 4.0.7 All All All
Application Php Php 4.1.0 All All All
Application Php Php 4.1.1 All All All
Application Php Php 4.1.2 All All All
Application Php Php 4.2.0 All All All
Application Php Php 4.2.1 All All All
Application Php Php 4.2.2 All All All
Application Php Php 4.2.3 All All All
Application Php Php 4.3.0 All All All
Application Php Php 4.3.1 All All All
Application Php Php 4.3.10 All All All
Application Php Php 4.3.11 All All All
Application Php Php 4.3.2 All All All
Application Php Php 4.3.3 All All All
Application Php Php 4.3.4 All All All
Application Php Php 4.3.5 All All All
Application Php Php 4.3.6 All All All
Application Php Php 4.3.7 All All All
Application Php Php 4.3.8 All All All
Application Php Php 4.3.9 All All All
Application Php Php 4.4.0 All All All
Application Php Php 4.4.1 All All All
Application Php Php 4.4.2 All All All
Application Php Php 4.4.3 All All All
Application Php Php 4.4.4 All All All
Application Php Php 4.4.5 All All All
Application Php Php 4.4.6 All All All
Application Php Php 4.4.7 All All All
Application Php Php 5.0.0 All All All
Application Php Php 5.0.0 beta1 All All
Application Php Php 5.0.0 beta2 All All
Application Php Php 5.0.0 beta3 All All
Application Php Php 5.0.0 beta4 All All
Application Php Php 5.0.0 rc1 All All
Application Php Php 5.0.0 rc2 All All
Application Php Php 5.0.0 rc3 All All
Application Php Php 5.0.1 All All All
Application Php Php 5.0.2 All All All
Application Php Php 5.0.3 All All All
Application Php Php 5.0.4 All All All
Application Php Php 5.0.5 All All All
Application Php Php 5.1.0 All All All
Application Php Php 5.1.1 All All All
Application Php Php 5.1.2 All All All
Application Php Php 5.1.3 All All All
Application Php Php 5.1.4 All All All
Application Php Php 5.1.5 All All All
Application Php Php 5.1.6 All All All
Application Php Php 5.2.0 All All All
Application Php Php 5.2.1 All All All
Application Php Php 5.2.10 All All All
Application Php Php 5.2.11 All All All
Application Php Php 5.2.12 All All All
Application Php Php 5.2.13 All All All
Application Php Php 5.2.14 All All All
Application Php Php 5.2.2 All All All
Application Php Php 5.2.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

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rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Ubuntu update for php - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1578-1 php4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Fedora update for php - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian update for php4 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org/36855 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Red Hat update for php - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
USN-549-2: PHP regression | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
About Security Update 2008-002 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.info.apple.com
Debian update for php5 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
PMOPB-46-2007:PHP ext/session Session Cookie Parameter Injection Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.php-security.org
PHP EXT/Session HTTP Response Header Injection Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
rPath update for php, php-mysql and php-pgsql - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Mandriva update for php - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora Core 6 Update: php-5.1.6-3.7.fc6 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
USN-549-1: PHP vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
Red Hat update for php - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
APPLE-SA-2008-03-18 Security Update 2008-002 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1693 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
Advisories | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Red Hat update for php - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
ASA-2007-449 (RHSA-2007-0888, RHSA-2007-0889 & RHSA-2007-0890) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
Bug #173043 “php5 5.2.3-1ubuntu6.1 introduced segfault regressio...” : Bugs : “php5” package : Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 launchpad.net
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rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
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Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2007-08-03Mark J CoxRed 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.

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