CVE-2010-1860

Public Date:
2010-05-06
Bugzilla:
618359: CVE-2010-1860 php: html_entity_decode interruption vulnerability (MOPS-2010-010)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The html_entity_decode function in PHP 5.2 through 5.2.13 and 5.3 through 5.3.2 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information (memory contents) or trigger memory corruption by causing a userspace interruption of an internal call, related to the call time pass by reference feature.

Find out more about CVE-2010-1860 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Red Hat does not consider interruption issues allowing safe_mode / open_basedir
restriction bypass to be security sensitive. For more details see
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=169857#c1 and
http://www.php.net/security-note.php

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 2.1
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

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