# CVE-2007-5900: PHP before 5.2.5 allows local users to bypass protection mechanisms configured through php\_admin\_value or php\_admin\_flag in httpd.conf by us

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2007-11-20 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

PHP before 5.2.5 allows local users to bypass protection mechanisms configured through php_admin_value or php_admin_flag in httpd.conf by using ini_set to modify arbitrary configuration variables, a different issue than CVE-2006-4625.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.5
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1943
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018934
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30040
- http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_5.php
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27659
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491693/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27648
- http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=41561
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0242

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