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title: "CVE-2009-0754\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-0754

Publication date 3 March 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

PHP 4.4.4, 5.1.6, and other versions, when running on Apache, allows local
users to modify behavior of other sites hosted on the same web server by
modifying the mbstring.func\_overload setting within .htaccess, which causes
this setting to be applied to other virtual hosts on the same server.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| php5 | 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 5.2.6-2ubuntu4.2 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.6 |
| 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 5.1.2-1ubuntu3.14 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-0754?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| php5 | * Upstream:   <http://cvsweb.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/ext/mbstring/mbstring.c?r1=1.276&r2=1.277> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0754)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0754)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-0754)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-0754)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-761-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-761-1)
+ PHP vulnerabilities
+ 20 April 2009

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0754>
