Vulnerability Details : CVE-2008-2829
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.
Vulnerability category: OverflowExecute codeDenial of service
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2829
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 0.99%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 81 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2008-2829
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
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5.0
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
10.0
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2.9
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[email protected] |
CWE ids for CVE-2008-2829
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The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer.Assigned by: [email protected] (Primary)
Vendor statements for CVE-2008-2829
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Red Hat 2008-07-24Not 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
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/19/6
Mailing List;Third Party Advisory
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
Patch;Third Party Advisory
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http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:126
Third Party Advisory
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http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2
Mailing List;Third Party Advisory
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http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2
Mailing List;Third Party Advisory
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https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01465.html
Third Party Advisory
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29829
Patch;Third Party Advisory;VDB Entry
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00002.html
Third Party Advisory
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http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
Mailing List;Third Party Advisory
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http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0035
Broken Link
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http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:128
Third Party Advisory
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-05.xml
Third Party Advisory
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501376/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory;VDB Entry
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/24/2
Mailing List;Third Party Advisory
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http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:127
Third Party Advisory
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43357
Third Party Advisory;VDB Entry
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http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=42862
Vendor Advisory
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-628-1
Third Party Advisory
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https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01451.html
Third Party Advisory
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
Third Party Advisory
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https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=221969
Third Party Advisory
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http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html
Third Party Advisory;US Government Resource
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*