phpBB 2.0.17 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled and the session_start function has not been called to handle a session, allows remote attackers to bypass security checks by setting the $_SESSION and $HTTP_SESSION_VARS variables to strings instead of arrays, which causes an array_merge function call to fail.
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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-925-1 New phpbb2 packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-3415 phpBB 2.0.17 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled and the session_start function has not been called to handle a session, allows remote attackers to bypass security checks by setting the $_SESSION and $HTTP_SESSION_VARS variables to strings instead of arrays, which causes an array_merge function call to fail.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:10:08.644Z

Reserved: 2005-11-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2005-3416

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-11-01T21:02:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2005-3416

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