National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-2829
Original release date:06/23/2008
Last revised:07/15/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
php_imap.c in PHP 5.2.5, 5.2.6, 4.x, and other versions, uses obsolete API calls that allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long IMAP request, which triggers an "rfc822.c legacy routine buffer overflow" error message, related to the rfc822_write_address function.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown
- Official Statement from Red Hat (07/24/2008)
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Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of PHP as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5. For more details see:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-2829
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA09-133A
Name: TA09-133A
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-1297
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: BID
Name: 29829
Type: Patch Information
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2009-3848
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2009-3768
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=221969
External Source: XF
Name: php-phpimap-dos(43357)
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-628-1
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20090302 rPSA-2009-0035-1 php php-cgi php-imap php-mcrypt php-mysql php-mysqli php-pgsql php-soap php-xsl php5 php5-cgi php5-imap php5-mcrypt php5-mysql php5-mysqli php5-pear php5-pgsql php5-soap php5-xsl
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20080624 Re: CVE request: php 5.2.6 ext/imap buffer overflows
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20080619 CVE request: php 5.2.6 ext/imap buffer overflows
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2008:128
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2008:127
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2008:126
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0035
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35650
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35306
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35074
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31200
Type: Advisory
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 46641
External Source: HP
Name: HPSBUX02431
External Source: HP
Name: HPSBUX02431
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2008:027
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2009-05-12
External Source: MISC
Name: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=42862
