CVE-2012-4388 (GCVE-0-2012-4388)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-09-07 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:35
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The sapi_header_op function in main/SAPI.c in PHP 5.4.0RC2 through 5.4.0 does not properly determine a pointer during checks for %0D sequences (aka carriage return characters), which allows remote attackers to bypass an HTTP response-splitting protection mechanism via a crafted URL, related to improper interaction between the PHP header function and certain browsers, as demonstrated by Internet Explorer and Google Chrome. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2011-1398.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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|---|---|
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| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/15 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027463 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/07/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/branches/PH… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60227 | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/29/5 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/02/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.php.devel/70584 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1569-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
Date Public
2012-02-03 00:00
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