CVE-2008-2829

Publication date 23 June 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
php-imap	9.10 karmic	Fixed 5.2.6-0ubuntu6.1
	9.04 jaunty	Fixed 5.2.6-0ubuntu5.1
	8.10 intrepid	Fixed 5.2.6-0ubuntu3.1
	8.04 LTS hardy	Fixed 5.2.3-0ubuntu3.1
	6.06 LTS dapper	Ignored
php4	9.10 karmic	Not in release
	9.04 jaunty	Not in release
	8.10 intrepid	Not in release
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not in release
	7.10 gutsy	Not in release
	7.04 feisty	Not in release
	6.06 LTS dapper	Ignored
php5	9.10 karmic	Not affected
	9.04 jaunty	Not affected
	8.10 intrepid	Not affected
	8.04 LTS hardy	Fixed 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.3
	7.10 gutsy	Fixed 5.2.3-1ubuntu6.4
	7.04 feisty	Fixed 5.2.1-0ubuntu1.6
	6.06 LTS dapper	Fixed 5.1.2-1ubuntu3.12

Notes

mdeslaur

The imap plugin is in a separate package (php-imap). Although usn-628-1 patched the php source for this, the code is not actually built.

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
php-imap	Upstream: http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=267399 Vendor: http://patch-tracker.debian.org/patch/series/view/php5/5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny4/CVE-2008-2829.patch

CVE-2008-2829

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Notes

mdeslaur

Patch details

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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