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CVE-2006-3016

9.3 · HIGH

Unspecified vulnerability in session.c in PHP before 5.1.3 has unknown impact and attack vectors, related to "certain characters in session names," including special characters that are frequently…

Published Jun 14, 2006php_groupEPSS 2.54%

Overview

CVE-2006-3016 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting php_group php. It was published on June 14, 2006 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 9.3, rated HIGH. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical description

Unspecified vulnerability in session.c in PHP before 5.1.3 has unknown impact and attack vectors, related to "certain characters in session names," including special characters that are frequently associated with CRLF injection, SQL injection, cross-site scripting (XSS), and HTTP response splitting vulnerabilities. NOTE: while the nature of the vulnerability is unspecified, it is likely that this is related to a violation of an expectation by PHP applications that the session name is alphanumeric, as implied in the PHP manual for session_name().

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from php_group. Update php to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsStatus
php_groupphp0Affected

References

Refftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061001-01-P.ascRefrhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0736.htmlRefsecunia.com/advisories/19927Refsecunia.com/advisories/21050Refsecunia.com/advisories/22004Refsecunia.com/advisories/22069Refsecunia.com/advisories/22225Refsecunia.com/advisories/22440Refsecunia.com/advisories/22487Refsecunia.com/advisories/23247

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2006-3016?

CVE-2006-3016 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting php_group php. It was published on June 14, 2006 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

How severe is CVE-2006-3016?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 9.3, rated HIGH. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2006-3016?

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from php_group. Update php to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2006-3016?

CyberStrike is an open-source, AI-augmented pentesting engine. Rather than flag a version number, it tests whether an issue like CVE-2006-3016 is actually reachable in your own applications and APIs, then verifies each finding before reporting it. That tells you if the weakness is a real, exploitable risk in your environment or a false positive you can safely deprioritize.

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