Re: [Fedora-php-devel-list] security bug with how PHP is added as an Apache handler
On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 02:59:31PM +0100, Kae Verens wrote:
The conf.d/php.conf file attaches .php files to its handler like
this:
AddHandler php5-script .php
This is a feature, which allows MultiViews to work properly.
This means that a web application which allows people to upload files
(images, for example), but not PHP scripts, can be circumvented by
naming the script somescript.php.notphp and then uploading it.
A webapp which:
a) allows users to upload files with arbitrary filenames, and
b) makes such file immediately publicly-accessible
is broken and insecure. Changing the default httpd configuration as you
suggest won't make it secure.
Regards, Joe