CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-4017
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-11-24
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-770
Description
PHP before 5.2.12 and 5.3.x before 5.3.1 does not restrict the number of temporary files created when handling a multipart/form-data POST request, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion), and makes it easier for remote attackers to exploit local file inclusion vulnerabilities, via multiple requests, related to lack of support for the max_file_uploads directive.
Affected configurations
• php php (< 5.2.12)
• php php 5.3.0
• apple mac os x 10.6.3
• debian debian linux 4.0
• debian debian linux 5.0
• debian debian linux 6.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling weakness
Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)
- CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling weakness
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html Mailing List
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127680701405735&w=2 Third Party Advisory
- http://news.php.net/php.announce/79 Mailing List, Release Notes
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Nov/228 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37482 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37821 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40262 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41480 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41490 Broken Link
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.acunetix.com/blog/websecuritynews/php-multipartform-data-denial-of-service/ Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1940 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02512995 Broken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:303 Broken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:305 Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/20/2 Mailing List, Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/20/7 Mailing List
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_12.php Release Notes
- http://www.php.net/releases/5_3_1.php Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507982/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3593 Broken Link
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54455 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10483 Broken Link
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6667 Broken Link
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html Mailing List
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127680701405735&w=2 Third Party Advisory
- http://news.php.net/php.announce/79 Mailing List, Release Notes
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Nov/228 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37482 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37821 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40262 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41480 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41490 Broken Link
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.acunetix.com/blog/websecuritynews/php-multipartform-data-denial-of-service/ Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1940 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02512995 Broken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:303 Broken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:305 Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/20/2 Mailing List, Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/20/7 Mailing List
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_12.php Release Notes
- http://www.php.net/releases/5_3_1.php Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507982/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3593 Broken Link
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54455 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10483 Broken Link
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6667 Broken Link