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PHP Advisory

dahamsta · 2002-07-24 22:12:42

Since no-one else has posted it, be aware that PHP versions 4.2.0 and 4.2.1 have a serious security vulnerability. http://www.php.net/release_4_2_2.php adam

24-07-2002 11:12pm

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dahamsta

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Since no-one else has posted it, be aware that PHP versions 4.2.0 and 4.2.1 have a serious security vulnerability.

http://www.php.net/release_4_2_2.php

adam

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#2 24-07-2002 11:16pm

ecksor

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Also be aware that the default settings now set register_globals to be 'Off' instead of 'On', which caused a thing or two to break on boards.ie at first when I upgraded. (set it in your php.ini).

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#3 24-07-2002 11:32pm

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Of course, I should point out that if nothing breaks, you are much better off setting register_globals to 'Off', as it leaves your php scripts open to security vulnerabilities if they react badly to having the user inject variables into the global namespace.

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