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Medium
CVE-2006-4020
scanf.c in PHP 5.1.4 and earlier, and 4.4.3 and earlier,...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016984
- http://www.plain-text.info/sscanf_bug.txt
- http://www.php.net/release_5_1_5.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19415
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21768
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21403
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0669.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:144
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11062
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21847
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_20_sr.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22487
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-342-1
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-221.htm
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22039
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0688.html
- http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=38322
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21683
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23247
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21467
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_19_sr.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22004
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-222.htm
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22538
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0682.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21546
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21608
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22440
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22069
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442438/30/0/threaded
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-223.htm
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_22_sr.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3193
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.1.5
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061001-01-P.asc
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-28.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1341
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0736.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_52_php.html
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Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
4.0, 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.5, 4.0.6, 4.0.7, 4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.2, 4.2.0, 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.3, 4.3.0, 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.3.3, 4.3.4, 4.3.5, 4.3.6, 4.3.7, 4.3.8, 4.3.9, 4.3.10, 4.3.11, 4.4.0, 4.4.1, 4.4.2, 4.4.3, 5.0, 5.0.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.0.3, 5.0.4, 5.0.5, 5.1.0, 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.1.4
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 8th, 2006
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.