PHP 4.0 Bug #7044 Updated: Session file created when using bogus SESSIONID

ID: 7044 Updated by: sas Reported By: kimmel@tricos.com Status: Closed Bug Type: *Session related Assigned To: Comments: That is comparable to having many visitors to your site. Previous Comments: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2000-10-05 20:20:53] kimmel@tricos.com JFYI: I'm using IIS/PWS (SP5) with the PHP CGI version. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2000-10-05 19:28:29] kimmel@tricos.com JFYI: I'm using IIS/PWS (SP5) with the PHP CGI version. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2000-10-05 17:27:27] kimmel@tricos.com I'm using the <?=SID?> feature to automatically append the corresponding session ID to every link, so that no cookies are required to use the site. A sample URL as visible on the browser´s address bar: http://webtest/human_resources.phtml?SESSIONID=cca7f03abde2c33077df25999850d6dc Now if I change the SESSIONID parameter to something really stupid PHP simply creates a file with exactly that name regardless if a session with that SESSIONID has never been created before by session_start(): http://webtest/human_resources.phtml?SESSIONID=stupidsessionid creates the file "sessstupidsessionid" in the session directory. Why? This way someone could fill up the whole directory! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Full Bug description available at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=7044