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National Vulnerability Database

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-5658 Detail

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the ZipArchive::extractTo function in PHP 5.2.6 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to write arbitrary files via a ZIP file with a file whose name contains .. (dot dot) sequences.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  7.5 HIGH
Vector:  (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (04/15/2009)

This issue did not affect PHP versions as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, and 5, and Red Hat Application Stack v1. PHP version in Red Hat Application Stack v2 was fixed via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0350.html

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-12/0039.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html CVE, MITRE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2 CVE, MITRE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2 CVE, MITRE
http://osvdb.org/50480 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/35003 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/35306 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/35650 CVE, MITRE
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0035 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1789 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:045 CVE, MITRE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/04/3 CVE, MITRE
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.7 CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0350.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501376/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32625 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021303 CVE, MITRE
http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-06.txt CVE, MITRE Exploit 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47079 CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01451.html CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01465.html CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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5.2.6

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-5658
NVD Published Date:
12/17/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE