Explain CVE-2006-0996
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.
Affected Products: n/a
References: [{'name': '675', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SREASON'], 'url': 'http://securityreason.com/securityalert/675'}, {'name': '19775', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/19775'}, {'name': '21252', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/21252'}, {'name': '24484', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_OSVDB'], 'url': 'http://www.osvdb.org/24484'}, {'name': '20222', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/20222'}, {'name': '20210', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/20210'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-4.php#4.4.3'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-160.htm'}, {'name': '17362', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_BID'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17362'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2006:0276', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0276.html'}, {'name': 'GLSA-200605-08', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_GENTOO'], 'url': 'http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200605-08.xml'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://cvs.php.net/viewcvs.cgi/php-src/ext/standard/info.c?r1=1.260&r2=1.261'}, {'name': 'ADV-2006-1290', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1290'}, {'name': 'USN-320-1', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_UBUNTU'], 'url': 'http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-320-1'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2006:0501', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0501.html'}, {'name': '1015879', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_SECTRACK'], 'url': 'http://securitytracker.com/id?1015879'}, {'name': '20060408 phpinfo() Cross Site Scripting PHP 5.1.2 and 4.4.2', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SREASONRES'], 'url': 'http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/34'}, {'name': '19979', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/19979'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2006:0549', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0549.html'}, {'name': '20951', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/20951'}, {'name': '21125', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/21125'}, {'name': 'oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10997', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'signature', 'x_refsource_OVAL'], 'url': 'https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10997'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-129.htm'}, {'name': '19599', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/19599'}, {'name': 'MDKSA-2006:074', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_MANDRIVA'], 'url': 'http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:074'}, {'name': '19832', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/19832'}, {'name': '20060501-01-U', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SGI'], 'url': 'ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060501-01-U.asc'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://cvs.php.net/viewcvs.cgi/php-src/ext/standard/info.c'}, {'name': '20052', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/20052'}, {'name': '21564', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/21564'}, {'name': 'php-phpinfo-long-array-xss(25702)', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_XF'], 'url': 'https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25702'}, {'name': 'ADV-2006-2685', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2685'}, {'name': 'SUSE-SA:2006:024', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/05-05-2006.html'}, {'name': '[php-cvs] 20060330 cvs: php-src /ext/standard info.c', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://marc.info/?l=php-cvs&m=114374620416389&w=2'}]
CVE State: PUBLISHED