National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-5898
Original release date:11/20/2007
Last revised:02/05/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The (1) htmlentities and (2) htmlspecialchars functions in PHP before 5.2.5 accept partial multibyte sequences, which has unknown impact and attack vectors, a different issue than CVE-2006-5465.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
**NOTE: Access Complexity scored Low due to insufficient information
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
- Official Statement from Red Hat (08/07/2008)
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This issue was fixed in all affected PHP versions shipped in Red Hat products. For list of security advisories, visit: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/CVE-2007-5898.html
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27648
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2008-3864
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://launchpad.net/bugs/173043
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1943
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-549-1
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-628-1
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-549-2
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2008:0582
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2008:0546
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2008:0545
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2008:0544
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2008:0505
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_5.php
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.5
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2008:127
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2008:126
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2008:125
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1444
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0242
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1018934
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31200
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31124
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31119
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30828
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28658
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28249
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27864
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27659
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2008:004
External Source: HP
Name: SSRT080056
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30040