CVE-2009-4017

Name	CVE-2009-4017
Description	PHP before 5.2.12 and 5.3.x before 5.3.1 does not restrict the number of temporary files created when handling a multipart/form-data POST request, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion), and makes it easier for remote attackers to exploit local file inclusion vulnerabilities, via multiple requests, related to lack of support for the max_file_uploads directive.
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-1940-1

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.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin
php4	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)	medium
php5	source	etch	5.2.0+dfsg-8+etch16		DSA-1940-1
php5	source	lenny	5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny4		DSA-1940-1
php5	source	(unstable)	5.2.11.dfsg.1-2	medium

workarounds include using 5.3.1 or php5-suhosin
4B068517.802@acunetix.com on bugtraq explains it