PHP phpinfo() long array cross-site scripting
| php-phpinfo-long-array-xss (25702) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
PHP is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the php_print_gpcse_array() function. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability on affected PHP-based Web applications using an array value larger than 4096 bytes to execute script in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, allowing the attacker to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of PHP (5.1.3 or later), available from The PHP Group Web site. See References.
For Red Hat Linux:
Refer to RHSA-2006:0276-9 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Red Hat Linux (php):
Refer to RHSA-2006:0501-6 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Gentoo Linux:
Refer to Gentoo Linux Security Announcement GLSA 2006-05-08 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
Refer to SUSE Security Announcement SUSE-SA:2006:024 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.
References:
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Sat Apr 08 2006 - 14:38:33 CDT: phpinfo() Cross Site Scripting PHP 5.1.2 and 4.4.2.
- PHP CVS Repository: [cvs] Index of /php-src.
- The PHP Group Web site: PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor.
- The PHP Group Web site: PHP 5.1.3. Release Announcement.
- ASA-2006-129: php security update (RHSA-2006-0276)
- ASA-2006-160: php security update (RHSA-2006-0501)
- BID-17362: PHP PHPInfo Large Input Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-0996: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpinfo (info.c) in PHP 5.1.2 and 4.4.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via long array variables, including (1) a large number of dimensions or (2) long values, which prevents HTML tags from being removed.
- GLSA-200605-08: PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities
- MDKSA-2006:074: php
- OSVDB ID: 24484: PHP phpinfo() Function Long Array XSS
- RHSA-2006-0276: php security update
- RHSA-2006-0501: php security update
- RHSA-2006-0549: php security update for Stronghold
- SA19599: PHP "phpinfo()" Cross-Site Scripting and Security Bypass
- SA20951: Avaya Products PHP Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA21564: Avaya Products PHP Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1015879: PHP phpinfo() Array Validation Bug Lets Remote Users Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
- SUSE-SA:2006:024: various php security problems
- USN-320-1: PHP vulnerabilities
- USN-320-2: PHP regression
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-1290: PHP Multiple Function Security Bypass and Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-2685: Avaya Security Update Fixes Multiple PHP Remote Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Canonical Ubuntu 5.04
- Canonical Ubuntu 5.10
- Canonical Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Gentoo Linux
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2006
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2006 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux LE2005
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux LE2005 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Multi Network Firewall 2.0
- Novell UnitedLinux 1.0
- PHP PHP 4.0 Beta4
- PHP PHP 4.0 Beta3
- PHP PHP 4.0 Beta2
- PHP PHP 4.0 Beta1
- PHP PHP 4.0 Beta 4 Patch1
- PHP PHP 4.0 RC1
- PHP PHP 4.0 RC2
- PHP PHP 4.0.0
- PHP PHP 4.0.1
- PHP PHP 4.0.2
- PHP PHP 4.0.3
- PHP PHP 4.0.4
- PHP PHP 4.0.5
- PHP PHP 4.0.6
- PHP PHP 4.0.7
- PHP PHP 4.1.0
- PHP PHP 4.1.1
- PHP PHP 4.1.2
- PHP PHP 4.1.3
- PHP PHP 4.2.0
- PHP PHP 4.2.1
- PHP PHP 4.2.2
- PHP PHP 4.2.3
- PHP PHP 4.2.4
- PHP PHP 4.3.0
- PHP PHP 4.3.1
- PHP PHP 4.3.10
- PHP PHP 4.3.11
- PHP PHP 4.3.2
- PHP PHP 4.3.3
- PHP PHP 4.3.4
- PHP PHP 4.3.5
- PHP PHP 4.3.6
- PHP PHP 4.3.7
- PHP PHP 4.3.8
- PHP PHP 4.3.9
- PHP PHP 4.4.0
- PHP PHP 4.4.1
- PHP PHP 4.4.2
- PHP PHP 5.0.0 Beta1
- PHP PHP 5.0.0 Beta4
- PHP PHP 5.0.0
- PHP PHP 5.0.0 Beta2
- PHP PHP 5.0.0 Beta3
- PHP PHP 5.0.0 RC1
- PHP PHP 5.0.0 RC2
- PHP PHP 5.0.0 RC3
- PHP PHP 5.0.1
- PHP PHP 5.0.2
- PHP PHP 5.0.3
- PHP PHP 5.0.4
- PHP PHP 5.0.5
- PHP PHP 5.1.0
- PHP PHP 5.1.1
- PHP PHP 5.1.2
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 WS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 AS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 ES
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 Desktop
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 AS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 WS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 ES
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 AS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 ES
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 WS
- RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 Itanium
- RedHat Stronghold
- SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
- SUSE SuSE Linux 10.0
- SUSE SuSE Linux 9.1
- SUSE SuSE Linux 9.2
- SUSE SuSE Linux 9.3
- SuSE SuSE SLES 9
Reported:
Apr 08, 2006
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