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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-5658

Original release date:12/17/2008
Last revised:10/31/2009
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Directory traversal vulnerability in the ZipArchive::extractTo function in PHP 5.2.6 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to write arbitrary files via a ZIP file with a file whose name contains .. (dot dot) sequences.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:7.5 (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides unauthorized access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (04/15/2009)
This issue did not affect PHP versions as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, and 5, and Red Hat Application Stack v1. PHP version in Red Hat Application Stack v2 was fixed via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0350.html

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External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2009-3848
Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01465.html
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2009-3768
Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01451.html
External Source: XF
Name: php-ziparchive-directory-traversal(47079)
Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/47079
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-06.txt
Hyperlink:http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-06.txt
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1021303
Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021303
External Source: BID
Name: 32625
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32625
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20090302 rPSA-2009-0035-1 php php-cgi php-imap php-mcrypt php-mysql php-mysqli php-pgsql php-soap php-xsl php5 php5-cgi php5-imap php5-mcrypt php5-mysql php5-mysqli php5-pear php5-pgsql php5-soap php5-xsl
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/501376/100/0/threaded
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2009:0350
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0350.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.7
Hyperlink:http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.7
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20081204 CVE for SE-2008-06 in PHP 5.2.7 (ZipArchive)
Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/04/3
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2009:045
Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:045
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1789
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1789
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0035
Hyperlink:http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0035
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35650
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35650
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35306
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35306
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35003
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35003
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 50480
Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/50480
External Source: HP
Name: SSRT090192
Hyperlink:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2
External Source: HP
Name: SSRT090192
Hyperlink:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2
External Source: HP
Name: SSRT090085
Hyperlink:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2
External Source: HP
Name: SSRT090085
Hyperlink:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2009:004
Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20081204 Advisory 06/2008: PHP ZipArchive::extractTo() Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Hyperlink:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-12/0039.html

Vulnerable software and versions

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spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:php:php:5.2.6 and previous versions
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:php:php:5.2.5
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:php:php:5.2.4
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:php:php:5.2.3
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:php:php:5.2.2
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:php:php:5.2.1
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:php:php:5.2.0
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:php:php:5.1.6
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:php:php:5.1.5
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:php:php:5.1.4
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:php:php:5.1.3
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:php:php:5.1.2
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:php:php:5.1.1
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:php:php:5.1.0
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:php:php:5.0.5
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:php:php:5.0.4
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:php:php:5.0.3
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:php:php:5.0.2
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:php:php:5.0.1
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:php:php:5.0.0
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:php:php:5.0.0:rc3
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:php:php:5.0.0:rc2
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:php:php:5.0.0:rc1
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:php:php:5.0.0:beta4
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:php:php:5.0.0:beta3
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:php:php:5.0.0:beta2
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:php:php:5.0.0:beta1
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Technical Details

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5658