CVE-2015-8980

Summary

CVECVE-2015-8980
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-11-04 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2019-11-06 14:30:00 UTC
DescriptionThe plural form formula in ngettext family of calls in php-gettext before 1.0.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 24 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 24 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.2 All All All
Application Php-gettext Project Php-gettext All All All All
Application Php-gettext Project Php-gettext All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1367462 – (CVE-2015-8980) CVE-2015-8980 php-php-gettext: Arbitrary code execution in select_string, ngettext and npgettext count parameter CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Fedora alert FEDORA-2016-2460f713a1 (php-php-gettext) [LWN.net] CONFIRM lwn.net Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: php-gettext: Arbitrary code execution in select_string, ngettext and npgettext count parameter MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2017:0372-1: moderate: Security update for phpMyAdmin SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
1.0.12 : Series trunk : php-gettext CONFIRM launchpad.net Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
Full Disclosure: php-gettext php code execution in select_string, ngettext, npgettext count parameter <1.0.12 MLIST seclists.org Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
php-gettext CVE-2015-8980 Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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