CVE-2011-2202 Information

Description

The rfc1867_post_handler function in main/rfc1867.c in PHP before 5.3.7 does not properly restrict filenames in multipart/form-data POST requests which allows remote attackers to conduct absolute path traversal attacks and possibly create or overwrite arbitrary files via a crafted upload request related to a \file path injection vulnerability.\

Reference

http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54939 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469208622507&w=2 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/12/5 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/13/15 http://pastebin.com/1edSuSVN http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0071.html http://secunia.com/advisories/44874 http://securitytracker.com/id?1025659 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5130 http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_3/main/rfc1867.c?r1=312103&r2=312102&pathrev=312103 http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_3/NEWS?view=markup&pathrev=312103 http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=312103 http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2266 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:165 http://www.php.net/archive/2011.phpid2011-08-18-1 http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php5.3.7 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1423.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48259 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49241 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67999