Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in PHP - CVE-2010-3436
Published: September 1, 2022 / Updated: June 8, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU110283
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-3436
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to corrupt data.
fopen_wrappers.c in PHP 5.3.x through 5.3.3 might allow remote attackers to bypass open_basedir restrictions via vectors related to the length of a filename.
Affected software
PHP
Gentoo Linux
Slackware Linux
php
dev-lang/php
Gentoo Linux
Slackware Linux
php
dev-lang/php
How to mitigate CVE-2010-3436
Install update from vendor's website.
PHP - update to 5.2.15
php - update to 5.2.16
dev-lang/php - update to 5.3.8
php - update to 5.2.16
dev-lang/php - update to 5.3.8
External References
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:218
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/trunk/main/fopen_wrappers.c?r1=303824&r2=303823&pathrev=303824
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=303824
- http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-3436
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44723
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42729
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.490619
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3313
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://www.php.net/releases/5_3_4.php
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0077
- http://www.php.net/archive/2010.php#id2010-12-10-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42812
- http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_15.php
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1042-1
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html