CVE-2009-4143

Summary

CVECVE-2009-4143
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-12-21 16:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionPHP before 5.2.12 does not properly handle session data, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors related to (1) interrupt corruption of the SESSION superglobal array and (2) the session.save_path directive.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Php Php 1.0 All All All
Application Php Php 2.0 All All All
Application Php Php 2.0b10 All All All
Application Php Php 3.0 All All All
Application Php Php 3.0.1 All All All
Application Php Php 3.0.10 All All All
Application Php Php 3.0.11 All All All
Application Php Php 3.0.12 All All All
Application Php Php 3.0.13 All All All
Application Php Php 3.0.14 All All All
Application Php Php 3.0.15 All All All
Application Php Php 3.0.16 All All All
Application Php Php 3.0.17 All All All
Application Php Php 3.0.18 All All All
Application Php Php 3.0.2 All All All
Application Php Php 3.0.3 All All All
Application Php Php 3.0.4 All All All
Application Php Php 3.0.5 All All All
Application Php Php 3.0.6 All All All
Application Php Php 3.0.7 All All All
Application Php Php 3.0.8 All All All
Application Php Php 3.0.9 All All All
Application Php Php 4 All All All
Application Php Php 4.0 All All All
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 rc1 All All
Application Php Php 4.0 rc2 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 4.0.7 rc1 All All
Application Php Php 4.0.7 rc2 All All
Application Php Php 4.0.7 rc3 All All
Application Php Php 4.0.7 rc4 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 4.4.8 All All All
Application Php Php 4.4.9 All All All
Application Php Php 5 All All All
Application Php Php 5.0 rc1 All All
Application Php Php 5.0 rc2 All All
Application Php Php 5.0 rc3 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 5.2.2 All All All
Application Php Php 5.2.3 All All All
Application Php Php 5.2.4 All All All
Application Php Php 5.2.5 All All All
Application Php Php 5.2.6 All All All
Application Php Php 5.2.7 All All All
Application Php Php 5.2.8 All All All
Application Php Php 5.2.9 All All All
Application Php Php All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2001-1 php5 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2010:045 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
PHP Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
PHP: PHP 5 ChangeLog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.php.net
HP System Management Homepage Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
PHP 'session.save_path()' Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
'[security bulletin] HPSBUX02543 SSRT100152 rev.1 - HP-UX Running Apache with PHP, Remote Denial of S' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
HP System Management Homepage Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
APPLE-SA-2010-03-29-1 Security Update 2010-002 / Mac OS X v10.6.3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
www.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.itrc.hp.com
PHP: PHP 5.2.12 Release Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.php.net Vendor Advisory
About the security content of Security Update 2010-002 / Mac OS X v10.6.3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
HP-UX update for Apache with PHP - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-12-23Tomas HogerWe do not consider safe_mode / open_basedir restriction bypass issues being security sensitive. 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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