Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900185
Category:	Buffer overflow
Title:	PHP Heap-based buffer overflow in 'mbstring' extension
Summary:	PHP is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability.
Description:	Summary: PHP is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability. Vulnerability Insight: The flaw is due to error in mbfilter_htmlent.c file in the mbstring extension. These can be exploited via mb_convert_encoding, mb_check_encoding, mb_convert_variables, and mb_parse_str functions. Vulnerability Impact: Successful exploitation could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string containing an HTML entity. Affected Software/OS: PHP version 4.3.0 to 5.2.6 on all running platform. Solution: Update to version 5.2.7 or later. CVSS Score: 10.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-5557 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html BugTraq ID: 32948 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32948 Bugtraq: 20090302 rPSA-2009-0035-1 php php-cgi php-imap php-mcrypt php-mysql php-mysqli php-pgsql php-soap php-xsl php5 php5-cgi php5-imap php5-mcrypt php5-mysql php5-mysqli php5-pear php5-pgsql php5-soap php5-xsl (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501376/100/0/threaded Cert/CC Advisory: TA09-133A http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html Debian Security Information: DSA-1789 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1789 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01451.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01465.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-12/0477.html HPdes Security Advisory: HPSBMA02492 http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02029444 HPdes Security Advisory: HPSBUX02431 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2 HPdes Security Advisory: HPSBUX02465 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2 HPdes Security Advisory: SSRT090085 HPdes Security Advisory: SSRT090192 HPdes Security Advisory: SSRT100079 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:045 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10286 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0350.html http://securitytracker.com/id?1021482 http://secunia.com/advisories/34642 http://secunia.com/advisories/35003 http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 http://secunia.com/advisories/35306 http://secunia.com/advisories/35650 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2009:004 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2009:008 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 XForce ISS Database: php-multibyte-bo(47525) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47525
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