Input validation error in PHP - CVE-2005-3389
Published: October 30, 2018 / Updated: June 8, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU110501
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-2005-3389
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to corrupt data.
The parse_str function in PHP 4.x up to 4.4.0 and 5.x up to 5.0.5, when called with only one parameter, allows remote attackers to enable the register_globals directive via inputs that cause a request to be terminated due to the memory_limit setting, which causes PHP to set an internal flag that enables register_globals and allows attackers to exploit vulnerabilities in PHP applications that would otherwise be protected.
Affected software
PHP
Gentoo Linux
dev-php/php
dev-php/php-cgi
Gentoo Linux
dev-php/php
dev-php/php-cgi
How to mitigate CVE-2005-3389
Install update from vendor's website.
PHP - addressed in versions 4.4.0, 4.10
dev-php/php - update to 4.4.0-r4
dev-php/php-cgi - update to 4.4.0-r8
dev-php/php - update to 4.4.0-r4
dev-php/php-cgi - update to 4.4.0-r8
External References
- http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00786522
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0549.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17371
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17490
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17510
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17531
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17557
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17559
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18054
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18198
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18669
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21252
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22691
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/134
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015131
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-037.htm
- http://www.fedoralegacy.org/updates/FC2/2005-11-28-FLSA_2005_166943__Updated_php_packages_fix_security_issues.html
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-08.xml
- http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_192005.78.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:213
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_27_sr.html
- http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2005.027-php.html
- http://www.php.net/release_4_4_1.php
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-831.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-838.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415291
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419504/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15249
- http://www.turbolinux.com/security/2006/TLSA-2006-38.txt
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2254
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4320
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11481
- https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-232-1/