Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 23, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-2829
CVE-2008-2829
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.
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Affected products
8cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
Patches
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References
28- www.securityfocus.com/bid/29829nvdPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugs.php.net/bug.phpnvdVendor Advisory
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00002.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- marc.infonvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- marc.infonvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/31200nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/32746nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/35074nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/35306nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/35650nvdThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-05.xmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- support.apple.com/kb/HT3549nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/19/6nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/24/2nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501376/100/0/threadednvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-628-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.htmlnvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvdThird Party Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43357nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01451.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01465.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- osvdb.org/46641nvdBroken Link
- wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0035nvdBroken Link
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