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PHP "error_log()" Safe Mode Bypass Weakness Advisory Available in Danish 

Secunia Advisory: SA20818  
Release Date: 2006-06-26
Last Update: 2006-08-18

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:PHP 4.4.x
PHP 5.1.x

CVE reference:CVE-2006-3011 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
Maksymilian Arciemowicz has discovered a weakness in PHP, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security restrictions.

The weakness is caused due to an input validation error in the "error_log()" PHP function in the processing of the destination parameter. This can be exploited to bypass the safe mode protection via directory traversal attacks in the "php://" wrapper.

The weakness has been confirmed in version 5.1.4 and has also been reported in version 4.4.2. Other versions may also be affected.

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Solution:
Update to version 4.4.3 or 5.1.5.
http://www.php.net/downloads.php

Provided and/or discovered by:
Maksymilian Arciemowicz

Changelog:
2006-07-13: Updated "Solution" section.
2006-08-03: Updated "Solution" section.
2006-08-18: Updated "Solution" section.

Original Advisory:
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/41



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