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CVE-2008-0599 Detail

Current Description

The init_request_info function in sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c in PHP before 5.2.6 does not properly consider operator precedence when calculating the length of PATH_TRANSLATED, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted URI.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  05/05/2008
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Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 10.0 HIGH
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete
Additional Information:
Provides administrator access
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows disruption of service

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (08/07/2008)

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of PHP as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5, and Red Hat Application Stack v1. For Red Hat Application Stack v2, issue was addressed via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0505.html

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c?r1=1.267.2.15.2.50.2.12&r2=1.267.2.15.2.50.2.13&diff_format=u Exploit
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01476437
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Jul/msg00003.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-05.xml
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0176
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/147027 US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:127
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:128
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/02/2
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0505.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492535/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29009
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019958
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.488951
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-628-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1412
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1810/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2268
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42137
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2503
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5510
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00773.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00779.html

References to Check Content

Identifier:
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5510
Check System:
http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5510

Technical Details

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-0599
NVD Published Date:
05/05/2008
NVD Last Modified:
10/15/2018