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CVE Reference: CVE-2006-4020

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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2006-4020

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.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

UBUNTU
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-342-1

SUSE
  http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_52_php.html
  http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_22_sr.html
  http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_20_sr.html
  http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_19_sr.html

ST
  1016984

SREASON
  http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1341

SGI

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA21467
  Secunia Advisory: SA23247
  Secunia Advisory: SA22039
  Secunia Advisory: SA21847
  Secunia Advisory: SA21403
  Secunia Advisory: SA21608
  Secunia Advisory: SA21546
  Secunia Advisory: SA21683
  Secunia Advisory: SA22487
  Secunia Advisory: SA22538
  Secunia Advisory: SA22440
  Secunia Advisory: SA22069
  Secunia Advisory: SA22004
  Secunia Advisory: SA21768

REDHAT
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0682.html
  http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0688.html
  http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0736.html
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0669.html

MISC
  http://www.plain-text.info/sscanf_bug.txt

MANDRIVA
  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:144

GENTOO
  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-28.xml

CONFIRM
  http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-222.htm
  http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-223.htm
  http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-221.htm
  http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=38322
  http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.1.5
  http://www.php.net/release_5_1_5.php

BUGTRAQ
  http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442438/30/0/threaded

BID
  19415


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