From: guillaume dot maes at celeonet dot fr Operating system: Linux PHP version: 4.3.9 PHP Bug Type: cURL related Bug description: cURL functions bypass open_basedir
Description: ------------ PHP cURL functions bypass open_basedir protection, so users can navigate through filesystem. For example, setting "open_basedir" in php.ini to "/var/www/html" anybody can retrieve "/etc/parla" using cURL functions This vulnerability has been discovered wednesday :http://www.securitytrap.com/mail/bugtraq/2004/Oct/0287.html Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $ch = curl_init("file:///etc/parla"); $file=curl_exec($ch); echo $file ?> Expected result: ---------------- The execution of the file /etc/parla is not allowed because the value of openbase_dir restriction is /var/www/html. Actual result: -------------- The file /etc/parla is executed. If /etc/parla contents : <body><html> Test of vulnerability </html></body> The execution of this code with cURL functions showns the message. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=30610&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30610&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30610&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30610&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30610&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30610&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30610&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30610&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30610&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30610&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30610&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30610&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30610&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30610&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30610&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30610&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30610&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30610&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30610&r=float MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30610&r=mysqlcfg
