CVE-2008-2829
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5 · Memory corruption
5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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 & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)5%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=42862Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00002.htmlAdvisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/46641
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31200Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32746Advisory