CVE-2005-3389

security flaw

Published Nov 1, 2005 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 6.3% KEV · Not listed
Description
The parse_str function in PHP 4.x up to 4.4.0 and 5.x up to 5.0.5, when called with only one parameter, allows remote attackers to enable the register_globals directive via inputs that cause a request to be terminated due to the memory_limit setting, which causes PHP to set an internal flag that enables register_globals and allows attackers to exploit vulnerabilities in PHP applications that would otherwise be protected.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-232-1 PHP vulnerabilities
References
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http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00786522 cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0549.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/17371 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/17490 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/17510 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/17531 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/17557 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/17559 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/18054 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/18198 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/18669 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/21252 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/22691 cve-icon cve-icon
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/134 cve-icon cve-icon
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015131 cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-037.htm cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.fedoralegacy.org/updates/FC2/2005-11-28-FLSA_2005_166943__Updated_php_packages_fix_security_issues.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-08.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_192005.78.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:213 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_27_sr.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2005.027-php.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.php.net/release_4_4_1.php cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-831.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-838.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415291 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419504/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15249 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.turbolinux.com/security/2006/TLSA-2006-38.txt cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2254 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4320 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3389 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11481 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-3389 cve-icon
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-232-1/ cve-icon cve-icon
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 11:10 PM
Reserved
Nov 1, 2005, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 1, 2005, 12:47 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:16 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Oct 31, 2005, 12:00 AM