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Bug 235016

Summary:	CVE-2007-1583 mbstring register_globals activation and mail() header injection (CVE-2007-1718)
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	Reporter:	Joe Orton <jorton>
Component:	php	Assignee:	Joe Orton <jorton>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	David Lawrence <dkl>
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	5.0
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:	impact=low,public=20070320,reported=20070320,source=internet
Fixed In Version:	RHSA-2007-0153	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Description Joe Orton 2007-04-03 11:19:38 UTC

Description of problem:
MOPB-26-2007 describes a bug in the mbstring extension which may a remote
attacker to enable the "register_globals" setting for the lifetime of an httpd
child process, if the mb_parse_string() is used to process untrusted script
input of a length which can force the default memory_limit to be exhausted. 
(CVE: CVE-2007-1583; Impact: Low)

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
5.1.6-7.el5

Comment 1 Joe Orton 2007-04-04 09:39:01 UTC

MOPB-34-2007 describes a bug in the mail() function which allows a remote
attacker to inject arbitrary headers into generated mail, if the "subject"
parameter passed to the function uses untrusted (and unsanitized) script input;
this may allow the attacker to force the script to send bulk e-mail to
unintended recipients. (CVE-2007-1718, Impact: Low)

Comment 5 Red Hat Bugzilla 2007-04-20 09:47:13 UTC

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0153.html