CVE-2009-4024

Summary

CVECVE-2009-4024
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-11-29 13:07:35 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionArgument injection vulnerability in the ping function in Ping.php in the Net_Ping package before 2.4.5 for PEAR allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via the host parameter. NOTE: this has also been reported as a shell metacharacter problem.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-94 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Pear Pear 0.1 All All All
Application Pear Pear 1.0 All All All
Application Pear Pear 1.0.1 All All All
Application Pear Pear 2.1 All All All
Application Pear Pear 2.2 All All All
Application Pear Pear 2.3 All All All
Application Pear Pear 2.4 All All All
Application Pear Pear 2.4.1 All All All
Application Pear Pear 2.4.2 All All All
Application Pear Pear 2.4.3 All All All
Application Pear Pear All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Error 404 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 pear.php.net Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1949-1 php-net-ping af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
PHP: Diff of /pear/packages/Net_Ping/trunk/Ping.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 svn.php.net
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: php-pear-Net-Ping-2.4.5-1.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Fedora update for php-pear-Net-Ping - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
PEAR Net_Ping Command Injection Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 12 Update: php-pear-Net-Ping-2.4.5-1.fc12 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
PEAR Net_Ping 'ping()' Function Arbitrary Argument Injection Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
PEAR Blog » Blog Archive » Net_Traceroute and Net_Ping security advisory af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.pear.php.net Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: php-pear-Net-Ping-2.4.5-1.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Net_Ping :: 2.4.5 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 pear.php.net Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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