CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-3660

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2008-08-15 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-08-15
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-20

Description

PHP 4.4.x before 4.4.9, and 5.x through 5.2.6, when used as a FastCGI module, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a request with multiple dots preceding the extension, as demonstrated using foo..php.

Affected configurations

• php php 4.4.0 • php php 4.4.1 • php php 4.4.2 • php php 4.4.3 • php php 4.4.4 • php php 4.4.5 • php php 4.4.6 • php php 4.4.7 • php php 4.4.8 • php php 5.2.0 • php php 5.2.1 • php php 5.2.2 • php php 5.2.3 • php php 5.2.4 • php php 5.2.5 • php php 5.2.6

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References