CVE-2008-1488

Summary

CVECVE-2008-1488
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-03-24 23:44:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionStack-based buffer overflow in apc.c in Alternative PHP Cache (APC) 3.0.11 through 3.0.16 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Pecl-php Alternative Php Cache 3.0.11 All All All
Application Pecl-php Alternative Php Cache 3.0.12 All All All
Application Pecl-php Alternative Php Cache 3.0.12p1 All All All
Application Pecl-php Alternative Php Cache 3.0.12p2 All All All
Application Pecl-php Alternative Php Cache 3.0.13 All All All
Application Pecl-php Alternative Php Cache 3.0.14 All All All
Application Pecl-php Alternative Php Cache 3.0.15 All All All
Application Pecl-php Alternative Php Cache 3.0.16 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Fedora update for php-pecl-apc - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
PECL Alternative PHP Cache "apc_search_paths" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
PECL Alternative PHP Cache Extension 'apc_search_paths()' Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
PECL APC: Buffer Overflow — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
PECL :: Bug #13415 :: Usage of strcpy in apc.c can cause stack corruption with long filenames af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 pecl.php.net Exploit
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:082 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Gentoo update for pecl-apc - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: php-pecl-apc-3.0.19-1.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
papasian.org/~dannyp/apcsmash.php.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 papasian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: php-pecl-apc-3.0.19-1.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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