CVE-2009-5016

Severity

68%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

106%

Integer overflow in the xml_utf8_decode function in ext/xml/xml.c in PHP before 5.2.11 makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting (XSS) and SQL injection protection mechanisms via a crafted string that uses overlong UTF-8 encoding, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-3870.

Integer overflow in the xml_utf8_decode function in ext/xml/xml.c in PHP before 5.2.11 makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting (XSS) and SQL injection protection mechanisms via a crafted string that uses overlong UTF-8 encoding, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-3870.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

PHP

First reported 14 years ago

2010-11-12 22:00:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-30 16:26:00

Affected Software

PHP PHP_FI 1.0

1.0

PHP PHP_FI 2.0

2.0

PHP PHP_FI 2.0b10

2.0b10

PHP PHP 3.0

3.0

PHP PHP 3.0.1

3.0.1

PHP PHP 3.0.2

3.0.2

PHP PHP 3.0.3

3.0.3

PHP PHP 3.0.4

3.0.4

PHP PHP 3.0.5

3.0.5

PHP PHP 3.0.6

3.0.6

PHP PHP 3.0.7

3.0.7

PHP PHP 3.0.8

3.0.8

PHP PHP 3.0.9

3.0.9

PHP PHP 3.0.10

3.0.10

PHP PHP 3.0.11

3.0.11

PHP PHP 3.0.12

3.0.12

PHP PHP 3.0.13

3.0.13

PHP PHP 3.0.14

3.0.14

PHP PHP 3.0.15

3.0.15

PHP PHP 3.0.16

3.0.16

PHP PHP 3.0.17

3.0.17

PHP PHP 3.0.18

3.0.18

PHP 4.0.0

4.0

PHP PHP 4.0 Beta 1

4.0

PHP PHP 4.0 Beta 2

4.0

PHP PHP 4.0 Beta 3

4.0

PHP PHP 4.0 Beta 4

4.0

PHP PHP 4.0 Beta 4 Patch Level 1

4.0

PHP PHP 4.0.0

4.0.0

PHP PHP 4.0.1

4.0.1

PHP PHP 4.0.2

4.0.2

PHP PHP 4.0.3

4.0.3

PHP PHP 4.0.4

4.0.4

PHP PHP 4.0.5

4.0.5

PHP PHP 4.0.6

4.0.6

PHP PHP 4.0.7

4.0.7

PHP PHP 4.1.0

4.1.0

PHP PHP 4.1.1

4.1.1

PHP PHP 4.1.2

4.1.2

PHP PHP 4.2.0

4.2.0

PHP PHP 4.2.1

4.2.1

PHP PHP 4.2.2

4.2.2

PHP PHP 4.2.3

4.2.3

PHP PHP 4.3.0

4.3.0

PHP PHP 4.3.1

4.3.1

PHP PHP 4.3.2

4.3.2

PHP PHP 4.3.3

4.3.3

PHP PHP 4.3.4

4.3.4

PHP PHP 4.3.5

4.3.5

PHP PHP 4.3.6

4.3.6

PHP PHP 4.3.7

4.3.7

PHP PHP 4.3.8

4.3.8

PHP PHP 4.3.9

4.3.9

PHP PHP 4.3.10

4.3.10

PHP PHP 4.3.11

4.3.11

PHP PHP 4.4.0

4.4.0

PHP PHP 4.4.1

4.4.1

PHP PHP 4.4.2

4.4.2

PHP PHP 4.4.3

4.4.3

PHP PHP 4.4.4

4.4.4

PHP PHP 4.4.5

4.4.5

PHP PHP 4.4.6

4.4.6

PHP PHP 4.4.7

4.4.7

PHP 4.4.8

4.4.8

PHP 4.4.9

4.4.9

PHP PHP 5.0.0

5.0.0

PHP PHP 5.0.0 Beta1

5.0.0

PHP PHP 5.0.0 Beta2

5.0.0

PHP PHP 5.0.0 Beta3

5.0.0

PHP PHP 5.0.0 Beta4

5.0.0

PHP PHP 5.0.0 RC1

5.0.0

PHP PHP 5.0.0 RC2

5.0.0

PHP PHP 5.0.0 RC3

5.0.0

PHP PHP 5.0.1

5.0.1

PHP PHP 5.0.2

5.0.2

PHP PHP 5.0.3

5.0.3

PHP PHP 5.0.4

5.0.4

PHP PHP 5.0.5

5.0.5

PHP PHP 5.1.0

5.1.0

PHP PHP 5.1.1

5.1.1

PHP PHP 5.1.2

5.1.2

PHP PHP 5.1.3

5.1.3

PHP 5.1.4

5.1.4

PHP PHP 5.1.5

5.1.5

PHP PHP 5.1.6

5.1.6

PHP 5.2.0

5.2.0

PHP 5.2.1

5.2.1

PHP PHP

References

http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=49687

FEDORA-2010-19011

FEDORA-2010-18976

42410

42812

http://sirdarckcat.blogspot.com/2009/10/couple-of-unicode-issues-on-php-and.html

http://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-usa-09/VELANAVA/BHUSA09-VelaNava-FavoriteXSS-SLIDES.pdf

RHSA-2010:0919

RHSA-2011:0195

44889

USN-1042-1

ADV-2010-3081

ADV-2011-0020

ADV-2011-0021

ADV-2011-0077

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