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Bug #53744 php_admin_value engine off causes random misbehaviour
Submitted: 2011-01-14 07:49 UTC Modified: 2011-01-20 13:10 UTC
From: erkki dot aalto at helsinki dot fi Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 5.3 OS: RHEL 5 x86_64
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2011-01-14 07:49 UTC] erkki dot aalto at helsinki dot fi 
Description:
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(Upgrade is not an option, it is extremely tedious to use a version different from the one coming with the OS)

PHP-scripts are occasionally displayed instead of executed. This happens completely randomly and a reload fixes it. Googling shows other people have been suffering from this, but no solution can be found. Now we noticed, that removing
php_admin_value engine off  -directives from the server config removes the problem. The possibility to forbid absolutely execution of php_scripts in a directory is, however, useful and this kind of random behaviour is clearly a bug.

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 [2011-01-14 07:52 UTC] rasmus@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Feedback
 [2011-01-14 07:52 UTC] rasmus@php.net 
1. Please specify the version you are seeing this in
2. If you can't upgrade, how will you get the bug fix?
 [2011-01-14 07:58 UTC] erkki dot aalto at helsinki dot fi 
php-5.1.6-27.el5_5.3

In the best case RH would include the fix in the distribution.

Anyway, I want the next webmaster to encounter this bug to find at least one clue in his/her search.
 [2011-01-14 08:05 UTC] rasmus@php.net
-Status: Feedback +Status: Bogus
 [2011-01-14 08:05 UTC] rasmus@php.net 
Chances are it has been fixed years ago.  I remember a few fixes along those 
lines.  You are running code that is 5 years old.  If you can reproduce this in a 
modern version, re-open the bug report.
 [2011-01-14 08:11 UTC] rasmus@php.net 
By the way, RHEL 5.6 is out and includes PHP 5.3.  That's probably your easiest 
way to address this.

http://press.redhat.com/2011/01/13/red-hat-enterprise-linux-5-6-now-available/
 [2011-01-19 12:17 UTC] erkki dot aalto at helsinki dot fi
-PHP Version: Irrelevant +PHP Version: 5.3
 [2011-01-19 12:17 UTC] erkki dot aalto at helsinki dot fi 
Tried upgrading to 5.3. The bug persists.
 [2011-01-20 13:10 UTC] erkki dot aalto at helsinki dot fi 
Turning the engine explicitly on where php is needed in php.conf helps.

Anyway, there clearly is a bug and it should be fixed.
 
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