PHP Parse_Str Register_Globals Activation Weakness

BID:15249

Info

PHP Parse_Str Register_Globals Activation Weakness

Bugtraq ID: 15249
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2005-3389
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Oct 31 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 23 2006 05:50PM
Credit: Stefan Esser <[email protected]> of the Hardened-PHP Project discovered this issue.
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 amd64
Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 10.0 x86
Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 10.0
Turbolinux Turbolinux 10 F...
TurboLinux Personal
TurboLinux Multimedia
Turbolinux Home
Turbolinux Appliance Server Workgroup Edition 1.0
Turbolinux Appliance Server Hosting Edition 1.0
Turbolinux Appliance Server 1.0 Workgroup Edition
Turbolinux Appliance Server 1.0 Hosting Edition
Turbolinux Appliance Server 2.0
Trustix Secure Linux 3.0
Trustix Secure Linux 2.2
Trustix Secure Enterprise Linux 2.0
TransSoft Broker FTP Server 8.0
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
+ Linux kernel 2.4.21
+ Linux kernel 2.4.19
SuSE Linux Openexchange Server
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
SuSE Linux Desktop 1.0
SGI ProPack 3.0 SP6
S.u.S.E. UnitedLinux 1.0
S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux School Server for i386
S.u.S.E. SUSE LINUX Retail Solution 8.0
S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux Openexchange Server 4.0
S.u.S.E. Open-Enterprise-Server 9.0
S.u.S.E. Novell Linux Desktop 9.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.0 OSS
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.2 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.1 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.0 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 8.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 10.0 OSS
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 8.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Enterprise Server for S/390 9.0
Redhat Stronghold 4.0
Redhat Linux 9.0 i386
Redhat Linux 7.3 i386
Redhat Fedora Core4
Redhat Fedora Core3
Redhat Fedora Core2
Redhat Fedora Core1
Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 4
Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 3
Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1 IA64
Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 4
Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 3
Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1 IA64
Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 4
Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 3
Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1 IA64
Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
Redhat Desktop 4.0
Redhat Desktop 3.0
Redhat Advanced Workstation for the Itanium Processor 2.1 IA64
Redhat Advanced Workstation for the Itanium Processor 2.1
PHP PHP 5.0.5
PHP PHP 5.0.4
PHP PHP 5.0.3
PHP PHP 5.0.2
PHP PHP 5.0.1
PHP PHP 5.0 candidate 3
PHP PHP 5.0 candidate 2
PHP PHP 5.0 candidate 1
PHP PHP 5.0 .0
PHP PHP 4.4 .0
PHP PHP 4.3.11
PHP PHP 4.3.10
PHP PHP 4.3.9
PHP PHP 4.3.8
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1 x86_64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 10.0
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ppc
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia64
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia32
 PHP PHP 4.3.7
PHP PHP 4.3.6
PHP PHP 4.3.5
PHP PHP 4.3.4
PHP PHP 4.3.3
PHP PHP 4.3.2
PHP PHP 4.3.1
PHP PHP 4.3
PHP PHP 4.2.3
PHP PHP 4.2.2
PHP PHP 4.2.1
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.6
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.5
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.4
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.3
+ Slackware Linux 8.1
PHP PHP 4.2 .0
PHP PHP 4.2 -dev
PHP PHP 4.1.2
PHP PHP 4.1.1
PHP PHP 4.1 .0
+ SuSE Linux 8.0 i386
 + SuSE Linux 8.0
PHP PHP 4.0.7 RC3
PHP PHP 4.0.7 RC2
PHP PHP 4.0.7 RC1
PHP PHP 4.0.7
PHP PHP 4.0.6
PHP PHP 4.0.5
PHP PHP 4.0.4
PHP PHP 4.0.3 pl1
+ SuSE Linux 6.4 ppc
 + SuSE Linux 6.4 i386
 + SuSE Linux 6.4 alpha
 + SuSE Linux 6.4
PHP PHP 4.0.3
+ Debian Linux 2.2 sparc
 + Debian Linux 2.2 powerpc
 + Debian Linux 2.2 IA-32
 + Debian Linux 2.2 arm
 + Debian Linux 2.2 alpha
 + Debian Linux 2.2 68k
 + Debian Linux 2.2
+ Sun Cobalt Control Station 4100CS
+ Sun Cobalt Qube3 Japanese 4000WGJ
+ Sun Cobalt Qube3 Japanese w/ Caching and RAID 4100WGJ
+ Sun Cobalt Qube3 Japanese w/Caching 4010WGJ
+ Sun Cobalt RaQ XTR 3500R
+ Sun Cobalt RaQ XTR Japanese 3500R-ja
PHP PHP 4.0.2
PHP PHP 4.0.1 pl2
PHP PHP 4.0.1 pl1
PHP PHP 4.0.1
+ Sun Cobalt Qube3 4000WG
+ Sun Cobalt Qube3 w/ Caching and RAID 4100WG
+ Sun Cobalt Qube3 w/Caching 4010WG
+ Sun Cobalt RaQ4 3001R
+ Sun Cobalt RaQ4 Japanese RAID 3100R-ja
+ Sun Cobalt RaQ4 RAID 3100R
PHP PHP 4.0 0
PHP PHP 3.0.18
PHP PHP 3.0.17
+ SuSE Linux 7.1 x86
 + SuSE Linux 7.1 sparc
 + SuSE Linux 7.1 ppc
 + SuSE Linux 7.1 alpha
 + SuSE Linux 7.1
+ SuSE Linux 7.0 sparc
 + SuSE Linux 7.0 ppc
 + SuSE Linux 7.0 i386
 + SuSE Linux 7.0 alpha
 + SuSE Linux 7.0
+ Trustix Secure Linux 1.2
+ Trustix Secure Linux 1.1
PHP PHP 3.0.16
PHP PHP 3.0.15
PHP PHP 3.0.14
PHP PHP 3.0.13
PHP PHP 3.0.12
PHP PHP 3.0.11
PHP PHP 3.0.10
PHP PHP 3.0.9
PHP PHP 3.0.8
PHP PHP 3.0.7
PHP PHP 3.0.6
PHP PHP 3.0.5
PHP PHP 3.0.4
PHP PHP 3.0.3
PHP PHP 3.0.2
PHP PHP 3.0.1
PHP PHP 3.0 0
PHP PHP 3.0 .16
PHP PHP 3.0 .13
PHP PHP 3.0 .12
PHP PHP 3.0 .11
PHP PHP 3.0 .10
OpenPKG OpenPKG 2.5
OpenPKG OpenPKG 2.4
OpenPKG OpenPKG 2.3
OpenPKG OpenPKG Current
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2006.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2006.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1
MandrakeSoft Multi Network Firewall 2.0
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 2.1 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 2.1
HP System Management Homepage 2.1.4
HP System Management Homepage 2.1.3 .132
HP System Management Homepage 2.1.3
HP System Management Homepage 2.1.2
HP System Management Homepage 2.1.1
HP System Management Homepage 2.1
HP System Management Homepage 2.0.2
HP System Management Homepage 2.0.1
HP System Management Homepage 2.0
Gentoo Linux
Avaya Messaging Storage Server
Avaya Message Networking
Avaya Intuity LX
Not Vulnerable: PHP PHP 5.1
PHP PHP 4.4.1
HP System Management Homepage 2.1.5

Discussion

PHP Parse_Str Register_Globals Activation Weakness

PHP is prone to a weakness that allows attackers to reenable the 'register_globals' directive. This issue is due to the application's failure to handle a memory-limit exception.

The 'register_globals' directive will remain enabled for the rest of the lifetime of the affected process. If PHP is being run as an Apache module, then the process handling the malicious request will have 'register_globals' enabled for the duration of the process's life. If PHP is being run as a CGI process, this issue is not likely exploitable.

By exploiting this issue, remote attackers may be able to enable 'register_globals'. This may allow attackers to further exploit latent vulnerabilities in PHP scripts.

Exploit / POC

PHP Parse_Str Register_Globals Activation Weakness

An exploit is not required.

Solution / Fix

PHP Parse_Str Register_Globals Activation Weakness

Solution:
Please see the referenced advisories for more information.

NOTE: The vendor has addressed this issue in PHP versions 4.4.1 and 5.1.


HP System Management Homepage 2.0.2

HP System Management Homepage 2.1

HP System Management Homepage 2.1.1

HP System Management Homepage 2.1.2

HP System Management Homepage 2.1.4

PHP PHP 3.0 0

PHP PHP 3.0 .10

PHP PHP 3.0 .12

PHP PHP 3.0.11

PHP PHP 3.0.17

PHP PHP 3.0.2

PHP PHP 3.0.3

PHP PHP 3.0.4

PHP PHP 3.0.5

PHP PHP 3.0.9

PHP PHP 4.0 0

PHP PHP 4.0.1

PHP PHP 4.0.1 pl2

PHP PHP 4.0.2

PHP PHP 4.0.3 pl1

PHP PHP 4.0.3

PHP PHP 4.0.5

PHP PHP 4.0.7 RC1

PHP PHP 4.0.7 RC2

PHP PHP 4.1 .0

PHP PHP 4.2.1

PHP PHP 4.3

PHP PHP 4.3.2

PHP PHP 4.3.5

PHP PHP 4.3.6

PHP PHP 4.3.8

PHP PHP 4.3.9

PHP PHP 5.0 .0

PHP PHP 5.0 candidate 1

PHP PHP 5.0.1

PHP PHP 5.0.2

PHP PHP 5.0.4

References

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