Secure testing team - Dec 2011 - Bug#653169: php5-common: session files are stored int /tmp?

Source: php5-common
Version: 5.3.8.0-1+b1
Severity: important
Tags: security


Hi.

It seems that, although README.Debian claims different, session.save_path is let
at the default, which is
"/tmp", AFAIK.

This is unsecure, and should be set to "/var/lib/php5".

Cheers,
Chris.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, ''unstable'')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.1.6-heisenberg (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash