CVE-2010-4156

Publication date 9 November 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

The mb_strcut function in Libmbfl 1.1.0, as used in PHP 5.3.x through 5.3.3, allows context-dependent attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information via a large value of the third parameter (aka the length parameter).

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
php5	10.10 maverick	Fixed 5.3.3-1ubuntu9.2
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected
	9.10 karmic	Not affected
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not affected
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not affected

Notes

sbeattie

does not affect lucid, as the version of libmbfl in that version is 1.0.2; see ext/mbstring/libmbfl/configure.in

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
php5	Upstream: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&revision=305214

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-1042-1
PHP vulnerabilities
11 January 2011

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-4156