CVE-2006-1991
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.4 · CWE-399
6.4CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
The substr_compare function in string.c in PHP 5.1.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory access violation) via an out-of-bounds offset argument.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://secunia.com/advisories/20269 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20269Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20052Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20676Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21125Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200605-08.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015979
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:091
- http://www.infigo.hr/en/in_focus/advisories/INFIGO-2006-04-02Exploit