CVE-2008-5844 Information

Description

PHP 5.2.7 contains an incorrect change to the FILTER_UNSAFE_RAW functionality and unintentionally disables magic_quotes_gpc regardless of the actual magic_quotes_gpc setting which might make it easier for context-dependent attackers to conduct SQL injection attacks and unspecified other attacks.

Reference

http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=42718 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=46759 http://www.php.net/archive/2008.phpid2008-12-07-1 http://www.php.net/archive/2008.phpid2008-12-08-1 http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php5.2.8 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32673 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021393