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CVE-2007-5898 Detail

Description

The (1) htmlentities and (2) htmlspecialchars functions in PHP before 5.2.5 accept partial multibyte sequences, which has unknown impact and attack vectors, a different issue than CVE-2006-5465.


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (08/07/2008)

This issue was fixed in all affected PHP versions shipped in Red Hat products. For list of security advisories, visit: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/CVE-2007-5898.html

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/27648 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27648 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27659
http://secunia.com/advisories/27659
http://secunia.com/advisories/27864
http://secunia.com/advisories/27864
http://secunia.com/advisories/28249
http://secunia.com/advisories/28249
http://secunia.com/advisories/28658
http://secunia.com/advisories/28658
http://secunia.com/advisories/30040
http://secunia.com/advisories/30040
http://secunia.com/advisories/30828
http://secunia.com/advisories/30828
http://secunia.com/advisories/31119
http://secunia.com/advisories/31119
http://secunia.com/advisories/31124
http://secunia.com/advisories/31124
http://secunia.com/advisories/31200
http://secunia.com/advisories/31200
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018934
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018934
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0242
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0242
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1444
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1444
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:125
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:125
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:126
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:126
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:127
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:127
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.5
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.5
http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_5.php
http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_5.php
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0505.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0505.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0544.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0544.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0545.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0545.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0546.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0546.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0582.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0582.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491693/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491693/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491693/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491693/100/0/threaded
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-549-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-549-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-628-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-628-1
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1943
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1943
https://launchpad.net/bugs/173043
https://launchpad.net/bugs/173043
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10080
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10080
https://usn.ubuntu.com/549-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/549-1/
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00773.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00773.html

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-5898
NVD Published Date:
11/20/2007
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE