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CVE-2015-8935

Publication date 21 June 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.1 · Medium

Score breakdown

The sapi_header_op function in main/SAPI.c in PHP before 5.4.38, 5.5.x before 5.5.22, and 5.6.x before 5.6.6 supports deprecated line folding without considering browser compatibility, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks against Internet Explorer by leveraging (1) %0A%20 or (2) %0D%0A%20 mishandling in the header function.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
php5 16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
15.10 wily
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.19
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.24
php7.0 16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release

Notes


mdeslaur

precise needs backported fix

Patch details

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Package Patch details
php5

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.1 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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