CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-2829
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-06-23
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• php php (<= 4.4.9)
• php php 5.2.5
• php php 5.2.6
• canonical ubuntu linux 6.06
• canonical ubuntu linux 7.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 7.10
• canonical ubuntu linux 8.04
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=42862 Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00002.html Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/46641 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31200 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32746 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35306 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35650 Third Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-05.xml Third Party Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 Third Party Advisory
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0035 Broken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:126 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:127 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:128 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/19/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/24/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501376/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29829 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-628-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=221969 Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43357 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01451.html Third Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01465.html Third Party Advisory
- http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=42862 Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00002.html Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/46641 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31200 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32746 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35306 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35650 Third Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-05.xml Third Party Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 Third Party Advisory
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0035 Broken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:126 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:127 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:128 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/19/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/24/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501376/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29829 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-628-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=221969 Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43357 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01451.html Third Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01465.html Third Party Advisory