CVE-2006-4433 Information

Description

PHP before 4.4.3 and 5.x before 5.1.4 does not limit the character set of the session identifier (PHPSESSID) for third party session handlers which might make it easier for remote attackers to exploit other vulnerabilities by inserting PHP code into the PHPSESSID which is stored in the session file. NOTE: it could be argued that this not a vulnerability in PHP itself rather a design limitation that enables certain attacks against session handlers that do not account for this limitation.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/21573 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1466 http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_052006.128.html http://www.osvdb.org/28233 http://www.osvdb.org/28273 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444263/100/0/threaded http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3388