CVE-2006-4483

Publication date 31 August 2006

Last updated 17 July 2025


Ubuntu priority

Description

The cURL extension files (1) ext/curl/interface.c and (2) ext/curl/streams.c in PHP before 5.1.5 permit the CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION option when open_basedir or safe_mode is enabled, which allows attackers to perform unauthorized actions, possibly related to the realpath cache.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
php5 7.04 feisty
Fixed 5.2.1-0ubuntu1.4
6.10 edgy
Fixed 5.1.6-1ubuntu2.6
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 5.1.2-1ubuntu3.9

Notes


kees

safe-mode bypass is not supported