About CVE-2012-0831 (magic_quotes_gpc remote disable vulnerability?)

Hi, I've noticed the following CVE: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0831 > PHP before 5.3.10 does not properly perform a temporary change to the magic_quotes_gpc > directive during the importing of environment variables, which makes it easier for remote attackers > to conduct SQL injection attacks via a crafted request, related to main/php_variables.c, > sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c, and sapi/fpm/fpm/fpm_main.c. and changelog of Ubuntu php5 pacakge: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/5.3.2-1ubuntu4.13 > * SECURITY UPDATE: magic_quotes_gpc remote disable vulnerability > - debian/patches/php5-CVE-2012-0831.patch: always restore > magic_quote_gpc on request shutdown > - CVE-2012-0831 and read https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61043. But I can't understand this. PHP before 5.3.10? But I can't see any changes related this CVE from http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/tags/php_5_3_10/?view=log And I've tried the test of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/+bug/930115, but I can't reproduced (report string(1) "1" if "magic_quotes_gpc" is "On"). Something was wrong? Even if the https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/+bug/930115 problem is exists, but "magic_quotes_gpc remote disable vulnerability" is strange. Can attacker change "magic_quotes_gpc" value deliberately? And according to CVE, "which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct SQL injection attacks via a crafted request". But some PHP applications which suppose "magic_quotes_gpc=Off" are not affected, aren't them? FYI, The following is my test result: $ echo 'magic_quotes_gpc=On' > /tmp/php.ini && php-5.3.10 -c /tmp/php.ini -r 'var_dump(phpversion(), ini_get("magic_quotes_gpc"));' string(6) "5.3.10" string(1) "1" $ echo 'magic_quotes_gpc=On' > /tmp/php.ini && php-5.3.9 -c /tmp/php.ini -r 'var_dump(phpversion(), ini_get("magic_quotes_gpc"));' string(5) "5.3.9" string(1) "1" $ echo 'magic_quotes_gpc=On' > /tmp/php.ini && php-5.3.8 -c /tmp/php.ini -r 'var_dump(phpversion(), ini_get("magic_quotes_gpc"));' string(5) "5.3.8" string(1) "1" $ echo 'magic_quotes_gpc=On' > /tmp/php.ini && php-5.3.6 -c /tmp/php.ini -r 'var_dump(phpversion(), ini_get("magic_quotes_gpc"));' string(5) "5.3.6" string(1) "1" $ echo 'magic_quotes_gpc=On' > /tmp/php.ini && php-5.3.5 -c /tmp/php.ini -r 'var_dump(phpversion(), ini_get("magic_quotes_gpc"));' string(5) "5.3.5" string(1) "1" $ echo 'magic_quotes_gpc=On' > /tmp/php.ini && php-5.3.4 -c /tmp/php.ini -r 'var_dump(phpversion(), ini_get("magic_quotes_gpc"));' string(5) "5.3.4" string(1) "1" $ echo 'magic_quotes_gpc=On' > /tmp/php.ini && php-5.3.3 -c /tmp/php.ini -r 'var_dump(phpversion(), ini_get("magic_quotes_gpc"));' string(5) "5.3.3" string(1) "1" $ echo 'magic_quotes_gpc=On' > /tmp/php.ini && php-5.3.2 -c /tmp/php.ini -r 'var_dump(phpversion(), ini_get("magic_quotes_gpc"));' string(5) "5.3.2" string(1) "1" $ echo 'magic_quotes_gpc=On' > /tmp/php.ini && php-5.3.1 -c /tmp/php.ini -r 'var_dump(phpversion(), ini_get("magic_quotes_gpc"));' string(5) "5.3.1" string(1) "1" $ echo 'magic_quotes_gpc=On' > /tmp/php.ini && php-5.3.0 -c /tmp/php.ini -r 'var_dump(phpversion(), ini_get("magic_quotes_gpc"));' string(5) "5.3.0" string(1) "1" -- Kousuke Ebihara <kousuke@co3k.org> http://co3k.org/