session.save_path is a big security hole!

From: Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2003 15:50:14 +0000
Subject: session.save_path is a big security hole!
Groups: php.general 
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Theres absolutely no control over session.save_path parameter in php. By setting it to every directory he wants, every user can: 1. (!!!) Absolutely easily generate new sessions with any content for every site on server. 2. Delete other users sessions by setting gc to 100 and probably legal files starting with sess_*. 3. Flood every http server writable directory with thousands or millions files. session.save_path should be controlled under open_basedir variable or some other mechanism.

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