--- title: "CVE-2006-3360\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-3360?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2006-3360 Publication date 6 July 2006 Last updated 17 July 2025 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in phpSysInfo 2.5.1 allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence and a trailing null (%00) byte in the lng parameter, which will display a different error message if the file exists. [Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-3360?format=md#notes) ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | phpsysinfo | 11.04 natty | Not affected | | 10.10 maverick | Not affected | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected | | 9.10 karmic | Ignored end of life | | 9.04 jaunty | Ignored end of life | | 8.10 intrepid | Ignored end of life, was needed | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected | | 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needed | | 7.04 feisty | Ignored end of life, was needed | | 6.10 edgy | Ignored end of life, was needed | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## Notes --- ### [sbeattie](https://launchpad.net/~sbeattie) fixed upstream in 2.5.2, unclear when that entered the archive ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3360) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-3360) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2006-3360) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-3360) ### Other references *