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[DSA351] DSA-351-1 php4

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-351-1 php4

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The transparent session ID feature in the php4 package does not
properly escape user-supplied input before inserting it into the
generated HTML page. A possible hacker could use this vulnerability to
execute embedded scripts within the context of the generated page.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 4:4.1.2-6woody3.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.
Refer to Debian bug #200736.
We recommend that you update your php4 package.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-351
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 7761

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2006 Michel Arboi

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