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CVE-2008-2829

Date: June 23, 2008

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.

Severity Score

5.3

Related Resources (31)

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/24/2

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29829

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/35306

Url: http://osvdb.org/46641

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501376/100/0/threaded

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/31200

Url: http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0035

Url: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=42862

Url: http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2008-2829

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/35074

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/19/6

Url: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=221969

Url: http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html

Url: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-05.xml

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43357

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00002.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2829

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32746

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:127

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:128

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/35650

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:126

Url: http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01451.html

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01465.html

Url: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-628-1

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-2829

Severity Score

5.3

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-119

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.3
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2008-2829

Date: June 23, 2008

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Weakness Type (CWE)

CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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