[php-maint] Bug#354690: PHP4 in Sarge appears vulnerable to CVE-2005-3389

[Nick Jenkins]

Package: php4
Version: 4:4.3.10-16
Severity: normal
Tags: security

Ref:
  http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3389

Description:
 A problem when a request was terminated due to memory_limit constraints during
 certain parse_str() calls.
  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.

Vulnerable PHP versions:
  PHP4 up to 4.4.0 (according to CVE)