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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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060501-01-U.asc CVE, MITRE
http://cvs.php.net/viewcvs.cgi/php-src/ext/standard/info.c CVE, MITRE
http://cvs.php.net/viewcvs.cgi/php-src/ext/standard/info.c?r1=1.260&r2=1.261 CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://marc.info/?l=php-cvs&m=114374620416389&w=2 CVE, MITRE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0276.html CVE, MITRE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0549.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/19599 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/19775 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/19832 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/19979 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/20052 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/20210 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/20222 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/20951 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21125 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21252 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21564 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200605-08.xml CVE, MITRE
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/34 CVE, MITRE
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/675 CVE, MITRE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015879 CVE, MITRE
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-129.htm CVE, MITRE
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-160.htm CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:074 CVE, MITRE
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/05-05-2006.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.osvdb.org/24484 CVE, MITRE
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-4.php#4.4.3 CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0501.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17362 CVE, MITRE Exploit 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-320-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1290 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2685 CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25702 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10997 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-0996
NVD Published Date:
04/10/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
MITRE