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CVE-2008-2829

Publication date 23 June 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this 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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

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 end of life
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 end of life
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

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
php-imap

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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