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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2006-4020 Detail

Description

scanf.c in PHP 5.1.4 and earlier, and 4.4.3 and earlier, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a sscanf PHP function call that performs argument swapping, which increments an index past the end of an array and triggers a buffer over-read.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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Evaluator Solution

A Patch(es) addressing this vulnerability can be found here: http://snaps.php.net/

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061001-01-P.asc CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=38322 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Patch 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0688.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0736.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/21403 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/21467 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/21546 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/21608 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/21683 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/21768 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/21847 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22004 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22039 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22069 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22440 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22487 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22538 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/23247 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-28.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1341 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016984 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-221.htm CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-222.htm CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-223.htm CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:144 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_19_sr.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_20_sr.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_22_sr.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_52_php.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.1.5 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.php.net/release_5_1_5.php CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.plain-text.info/sscanf_bug.txt CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  URL Repurposed 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0669.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0682.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442438/30/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19415 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-342-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3193 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11062 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-4020
NVD Published Date:
08/08/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.