CVE-2006-1017 Information

Description

The c-client library 2000 2001 or 2004 for PHP before 4.4.4 and 5.x before 5.1.5 do not check the (1) safe_mode or (2) open_basedir functions and when used in applications that accept user-controlled input for the mailbox argument to the imap_open function allow remote attackers to obtain access to an IMAP stream data structure and conduct unauthorized IMAP actions.

Reference

http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=37265 http://secunia.com/advisories/18694 http://secunia.com/advisories/21050 http://secunia.com/advisories/21546 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/516 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:122 http://www.osvdb.org/23535 http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php5.1.5 http://www.php.net/release_5_1_5.php http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426339/100/0/threaded http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0772 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24964