| Name | CVE-2007-3799 |
| Description | The session_start function in ext/session in PHP 4.x up to 4.4.7 and 5.x up to 5.2.3 allows remote attackers to insert arbitrary attributes into the session cookie via special characters in a cookie that is obtained from (1) PATH_INFO, (2) the session_id function, and (3) the session_start function, which are not encoded or filtered when the new session cookie is generated, a related issue to CVE-2006-0207. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1444-1, DSA-1578-1, DTSA-61-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 441433 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| php5 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 5.6.40+dfsg-0+deb8u21 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
this does not affect default installs, only those who have written
custom session handlers (which isn't *that* uncommon though), and
also may not work if other cookie values are set.
fix sneaked into php 5.2.3 sans-mention:
http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/ext/session/session.c?r1=1.417.2.8.2.36&r2=1.417.2.8.2.37&pathrev=PHP_5_2
fixed in php4/etch, php5/etch, php4/sarge svn