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CVE-2006-0996 Detail

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpinfo (info.c) in PHP 5.1.2 and 4.4.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via long array variables, including (1) a large number of dimensions or (2) long values, which prevents HTML tags from being removed.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  04/10/2006

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.3 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): None
Additional Information:
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Allows unauthorized modification

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060501-01-U.asc
http://cvs.php.net/viewcvs.cgi/php-src/ext/standard/info.c
http://cvs.php.net/viewcvs.cgi/php-src/ext/standard/info.c?r1=1.260&r2=1.261 Patch
http://marc.info/?l=php-cvs&m=114374620416389&w=2
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0276.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0549.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200605-08.xml
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/34
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/675
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015879
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-129.htm
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-160.htm
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:074
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/05-05-2006.html
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-4.php#4.4.3
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0501.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17362 Exploit
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-320-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1290
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2685
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25702
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10997

References to Check Content

Identifier:
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10997
Check System:
http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10997

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)

Change History

5 change records found - show changes

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-0996
NVD Published Date:
04/10/2006
NVD Last Modified:
10/10/2017