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Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 01:27:23 +0200
From: Pierre Joye <pierre.php@...il.com>
To: Johannes Schlüter <johannes@...lueters.de>
Cc: Vincent Danen <vdanen@...hat.com>, oss-security@...ts.openwall.com, 
	Rasmus Lerdorf <rasmus@....net>, Zeev Suraski <zeev@...d.com>, security@....net, 
	Stas Malyshev <smalyshev@...arcrm.com>
Subject: Re: Re: CVE request: is_a() function may allow
 arbitrary code execution in PHP 5.3.7/5.3.8

2011/9/27 Johannes Schlüter <johannes@...lueters.de>:

> The old code didn't make code secure. There was still a high chance that
> an attacker might exploit such a broken __autoload() function.

With this change, it is not a chance anymore but a fact. And that's
the whole point.

-- 
Pierre

@pierrejoye | http://blog.thepimp.net | http://www.libgd.org

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