CVE-2012-0831

Publication date 2 February 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

PHP 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.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that PHP allowed the magic_quotes_gpc setting to be disabled remotely. This could allow a remote attacker to bypass restrictions that could prevent an SQL injection.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package Ubuntu Release Status
php5 11.10 oneiric
Fixed 5.3.6-13ubuntu3.5
11.04 natty
Fixed 5.3.5-1ubuntu7.6
10.10 maverick
Fixed 5.3.3-1ubuntu9.9
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.13
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.22

Notes

sbeattie

this introduced a regression, see bugs

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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