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php: arbitrary code execution

Package(s):php CVE #(s):CVE-2006-4020
Created:August 22, 2006 Updated:September 21, 2006
Description: A vulnerability was discovered in the sscanf function that could allow attackers in certain circumstances to execute arbitrary code via argument swapping which incremented an index past the end of an array and triggered a buffer over-read.
Alerts:
Red Hat RHSA-2006:0682-01 2006-09-21
Ubuntu USN-342-1 2006-09-07
Gentoo 200608-28 2006-08-29
Mandriva MDKSA-2006:144 2006-08-21
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