CVE-2008-2829
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2008-2829 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2008-06-23 20:41:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| Description | 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. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
NoneAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 6.06 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 7.04 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 7.10 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 8.04 | All | All | All |
| Application | Php | Php | 5.2.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Php | Php | 5.2.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Php | Php | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fedora update for php - Advisories - Community | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Third Party Advisory |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: maniadrive-1.2-13.fc9 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | Third Party Advisory |
| PHP 'rfc822_write_address()' Function Buffer Overflow Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| APPLE-SA-2009-05-12 Security Update 2009-002 / Mac OS X v10.5.7 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.apple.com | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| [security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2008:027 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | Third Party Advisory |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:128 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | Third Party Advisory |
| About the security content of Security Update 2009-002 / Mac OS X v10.5.7 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | support.apple.com | Third Party Advisory |
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| oss-security - CVE request: php 5.2.6 ext/imap buffer overflows | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.openwall.com | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| 221969 – (CVE-2008-2829) dev-lang/php uses insecure c-client calls resulting in buffer overflows (CVE-2008-2829) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugs.gentoo.org | Third Party Advisory |
| Advisories | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| '[security bulletin] HPSBUX02465 SSRT090192 rev.1 - HP-UX Running Apache-based Web Server, Remote Den' - MARC | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | marc.info | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| About Secunia Research | Flexera | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Third Party Advisory |
| PHP Bugs: #42862: [PATCH] IMAP toolkit crash: rfc822.c legacy routine buffer overflow | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugs.php.net | Vendor Advisory |
| marc.info | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | marc.info | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| Advisories | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | Third Party Advisory |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: maniadrive-1.2-13.fc10 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Advisories:rPSA-2009-0035 - rPath Wiki | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | wiki.rpath.com | Broken Link |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.gentoo.org | Third Party Advisory |
| oss-security - Re: CVE request: php 5.2.6 ext/imap buffer overflows | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.openwall.com | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| HP-UX Apache Web Server Suite Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Gentoo update for php - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Third Party Advisory |
| USN-628-1: PHP vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | Third Party Advisory |
| US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA09-133A -- Apple Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.us-cert.gov | Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource |
| osvdb.org/46641 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | osvdb.org | Broken Link |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
Vendor Comments And Credit
| Organization | Published | Contributor | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | 2008-07-24 | Mark J Cox | Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of PHP as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5. For more details see: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-2829 |
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.