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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2006-4020: PHP: Arbitary code execution

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2006-4020: PHP: Arbitary code execution

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/08/2006
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

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.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-lang-php

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