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CVE-2006-5465 Detail

Current Description

Buffer overflow in PHP before 5.2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted UTF-8 inputs to the (1) htmlentities or (2) htmlspecialchars functions.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (03/14/2007)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304829 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-761 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Nov/msg00001.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0736.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22653 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22685 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22688 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22693 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22713 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22753 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22759 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22779 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22881 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22929 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/23139 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/23155 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/23247 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/24606 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/25047 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-21.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017152 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017296 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-245.htm CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_response09186a008082c4fe.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-air-20070425-http.shtml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1206 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_132006.138.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:196 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_67_php.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.028.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_0.php CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0730.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0731.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450431/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451098/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453024/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20879 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0061/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.turbolinux.com/security/2006/TLSA-2006-38.txt CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-375-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-333A.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4317 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4749 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4750 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1546 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29971 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10240 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-5465
NVD Published Date:
11/03/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.