CVE-2012-0831

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-0831
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-02-10 20:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionPHP before 5.3.10 does not properly perform a temporary change to the magic_quotes_gpc directive during the importing of environment variables, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct SQL injection attacks via a crafted request, related to main/php_variables.c, sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c, and sapi/fpm/fpm/fpm_main.c.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Php Php All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:0411-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: php-5.3.11-1.fc16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
PHP CVE-2012-0831 'magic_quotes_gpc' Directive Security Bypass Weakness af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: php-5.3.11-1.fc15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
About the security content of OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.2, OS X Lion v10.7.5 and Security Update 2012-004 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
PHP: Revision 323016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 svn.php.net Vendor Advisory
launchpadlibrarian.net/92454212/php5_5.3.2-1ubuntu4.13.diff.gz af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 launchpadlibrarian.net Exploit, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:0426-1: important: update for php5 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
USN-1358-1: PHP vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:0472-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
APPLE-SA-2012-09-19-2 OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.2, OS X Lion v10.7.5 and Security Update 2012-004 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
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