RE: ASP/PHP SQL Injection

["Daniel Gargallo" <dani () daniel-gargallo com>]

Hi there,
To eradicate sql attacks there are some solutions, the best one is to code
well ;), here are some tips for php and linux servers:

for php code;
a)limit the number of characters in the variables OR  the valid characters
that there can be used.(A-Z,0-9, etc).
b)put addslasesh or magic_quotes
c)create users in db with different privileges and always use the ones that
you need in each moment.

For linux server:
Use mod_security with good filters

Use Scanners to detect vulnerabilities before you launch officially the
site.

This are just some tips, our friends here in the mailing list will have some
more.

Thanks
Daniel Gargallo [Spain]
http://www.daniel-gargallo.com

-----Mensaje original-----
De: coder [mailto:elite.coder () ntlworld com] 
Enviado el: miércoles, 30 de agosto de 2006 0:20
Para: security-basics () securityfocus com
Asunto: ASP/PHP SQL Injection

Hi all,

I have been reading quite a bit into SQL injections and I just wondered if
my thinking is correct:

If one has the ASP or PHP source code for a site, they would just look for-

(written in a pseudo-ish code as I assume the same principles exist for ASP
and PHP)

$variable = get_value_from_url('variable')  // ie blah.asp?variable="hello"

SQL = "SOME SQL" & $variable & "SOME MORE SQL"
or
<executing object (i.e. rs.open)> "SOME SQL" & $variable & "SOME MORE SQL"

When looking for potential SQL Injection attacks, its one of the 2 SQL lines
one would look for... is that correct? And to stop SQL Injection attacks,
one only has to "sanitise" the variable with CLng()  in the case of numeric
fields and in the case of alphanumeric fields a built-in PHP/ASP/MySQL
function can be used.

Also, assuming my thinking above is correct, what does one look for when
checking for possible XSS attack?

Thanks for your input,

Davie Elliott



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