CVE-2008-2829

PHP < 4.4.9 - Denial of Service and Possible Remote Code Execution via Long IMAP Request

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (28)

Core 28
Core References
Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/46641
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/24/2
Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29829
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32746
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_hp
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-05.xml
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43357
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_hp
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01451.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501376/100/0/threaded
Broken Link x_refsource_confirm
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0035
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:128
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-628-1
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00002.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/19/6
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31200
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01465.html
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html
Patch, Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=42862
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:126
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/35306
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:127
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=221969
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/35650

Scores

EPSS 0.0964
EPSS Percentile 93.0%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (7)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 6.06
canonical/ubuntu_linux 7.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 7.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 8.04
php/php 5.2.5
php/php 5.2.6
php/php < 4.4.9
Published Jun 23, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026