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title: "CVE-2010-2100\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2010-2100

Publication date 27 May 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The (1) htmlentities, (2) htmlspecialchars, (3) str\_getcsv, (4)
http\_build\_query, (5) strpbrk, and (6) strtr functions in PHP 5.2 through
5.2.13 and 5.3 through 5.3.2 allow context-dependent attackers to obtain
sensitive information (memory contents) by causing a userspace interruption
of an internal function, related to the call time pass by reference
feature.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2100?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| php5 | 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored |
| 9.10 karmic | Ignored |
| 9.04 jaunty | Ignored |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored |

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## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

see CVE-2010-1864 for patch
interruption issue, safe\_mode - open\_basedir bypass, ignoring
This is MOPS-2010-036 to MOPS-2010-040

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2100)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2100)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-2100)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2100)

### Other references

* <http://php-security.org/2010/05/21/mops-2010-036-php-htmlentities-and-htmlspecialchars-interruption-information-leak-vulnerability/index.html>
* <http://php-security.org/2010/05/21/mops-2010-037-php-str_getcsv-interruption-information-leak-vulnerability/index.html>
* <http://php-security.org/2010/05/21/mops-2010-038-php-http_build_query-interruption-information-leak-vulnerability/index.html>
* <http://php-security.org/2010/05/21/mops-2010-039-php-strpbrk-interruption-information-leak-vulnerability/index.html>
* <http://php-security.org/2010/05/21/mops-2010-040-php-strtr-interruption-information-leak-vulnerability/index.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2100>