Executive Summary

Summary
Title php security update
Informations
Name RHSA-2006:0731 First vendor Publication 2006-11-10
Vendor RedHat Last vendor Modification 2006-11-10
Severity (Vendor) Important Revision 01

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Problem Description:

Updated PHP packages that fix a security issue are now available for the Red Hat Application Stack.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux AS (v.4) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux ES (v.4) - i386, x86_64

3. Problem description:

PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language commonly used with the Apache HTTP Web server.

The Hardened-PHP Project discovered an overflow in the PHP htmlentities() and htmlspecialchars() routines. If a PHP script used the vulnerable functions to parse UTF-8 data, a remote attacker sending a carefully crafted request could trigger the overflow and potentially execute arbitrary code as the 'apache' user. (CVE-2006-5465)

Users of PHP should upgrade to these updated packages which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.

5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

213644 - CVE-2006-5465 PHP buffer overflow

Original Source

Url : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0731.html

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10240
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10240
Title: 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.
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.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2006-5465
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 276

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-06-21 Name : PHP version smaller than 5.2.0
File : nvt/nopsec_php_5_2_0.nasl
2009-11-17 Name : Mac OS X Version
File : nvt/macosx_version.nasl
2009-10-10 Name : SLES9: Security update for PHP4
File : nvt/sles9p5009430.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : Fedora Update for php FEDORA-2007-287
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_287_php_fc5.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : Fedora Update for php FEDORA-2007-455
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_455_php_fc5.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : Fedora Update for php FEDORA-2007-526
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_526_php_fc5.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200703-21 (php)
File : nvt/glsa_200703_21.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1206-1 (php4)
File : nvt/deb_1206_1.nasl
0000-00-00 Name : Slackware Advisory SSA:2006-307-01 php
File : nvt/esoft_slk_ssa_2006_307_01.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
30179 PHP htmlspecialchars() Function UTF-8 Input Overflow

30178 PHP htmlentities() Function UTF-8 Input Overflow

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2006-0730.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2006-0730.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-25 Name : The remote web server uses a version of PHP that is affected by multiple buff...
File : php_5_2_0.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-13 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_apache2-mod_php5-2236.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-375-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-17 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_apache2-mod_php5-2238.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-03-26 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200703-21.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-02-18 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2006-196.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-02-18 Name : The remote host is missing a vendor-supplied security patch
File : suse_SA_2006_067.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-01-17 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2006-1168.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-01-17 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2006-1169.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-11-20 Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.
File : Slackware_SSA_2006-307-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-11-20 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1206.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-11-07 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2006-0730.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO