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CVE-2009-3294 Detail

Description

The popen API function in TSRM/tsrm_win32.c in PHP before 5.2.11 and 5.3.x before 5.3.1, when running on certain Windows operating systems, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted (1) "e" or (2) "er" string in the second argument (aka mode), possibly related to the _fdopen function in the Microsoft C runtime library. NOTE: this might not cross privilege boundaries except in rare cases in which the mode argument is accessible to an attacker outside of an application that uses the popen function.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (09/24/2009)

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of php as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5, and Red Hat Application Stack v2.

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Hyperlink Resource
http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=44683 Exploit  Vendor Advisory 
http://news.php.net/php.announce/79 Vendor Advisory 
http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=287779 Vendor Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/20/1 Mailing List  Patch 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/20/2 Mailing List 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/20/3 Mailing List 
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php Vendor Advisory 
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.11 Vendor Advisory 
http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_11.php Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.php.net/releases/5_3_1.php Vendor Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-3294
NVD Published Date:
09/22/2009
NVD Last Modified:
09/01/2022
Source:
MITRE