security flaw
Published Jun 14, 2006
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.54%
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().
Affected products
No data.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
php-0:4.3.2-36.ent
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0669
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
php-0:4.3.9-3.18
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0669
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0682
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0682
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0682
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0682
Stronghold 4.0 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (version 2.1)
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0736
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | php-0:4.3.2-36.ent | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0669 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | php-0:4.3.9-3.18 | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0669 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0682 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0682 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0682 |
| Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0682 |
| Stronghold 4.0 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (version 2.1) | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0736 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (19 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.54% (0.02545) | 84.45th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.26% (0.02264) | 80.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 6.32% (0.06322) | 90.02th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 8.54% (0.08541) | 87.11th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 6.32% (0.06322) | 89.77th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 4.10% (0.04098) | 87.83th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.09% (0.01089) | 84.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 4, 2024 | 1.09% (0.01089) | 84.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 18, 2024 | 1.11% (0.01115) | 84.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 25, 2023 | 1.09% (0.01094) | 82.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 7, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00888) | 80.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 3, 2023 | 0.63% (0.00627) | 76.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 26, 2023 | 0.57% (0.00573) | 74.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 18, 2023 | 0.64% (0.00641) | 76.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 11, 2023 | 0.58% (0.00584) | 74.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.66% (0.00658) | 76.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 81.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 62.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (28)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-3016 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1618130 Issue Tracking
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-683 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-3016
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10597 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-3016
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.