10 - CVE-2008-5557

Executive Summary

Informations
Name	CVE-2008-5557	First vendor Publication	2008-12-23
Vendor	Cve	Last vendor Modification	2018-10-11

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score	NA
Base Score	NA	Environmental Score	NA
impact SubScore	NA	Temporal Score	NA
Exploitabality Sub Score	NA

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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score	10	Attack Range	Network
Cvss Impact Score	10	Attack Complexity	Low
Cvss Expoit Score	10	Authentication	None Required
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Detail

Heap-based buffer overflow in ext/mbstring/libmbfl/filters/mbfilter_htmlent.c in the mbstring extension in PHP 4.3.0 through 5.2.6 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string containing an HTML entity, which is not properly handled during Unicode conversion, related to the (1) mb_convert_encoding, (2) mb_check_encoding, (3) mb_convert_variables, and (4) mb_parse_str functions.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5557

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

%	Id	Name
100 %	CWE-119	Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10286

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10286
Title:	Heap-based buffer overflow in ext/mbstring/libmbfl/filters/mbfilter_htmlent.c in the mbstring extension in PHP 4.3.0 through 5.2.6 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string containing an HTML entity, which is not properly handled during Unicode conversion, related to the (1) mb_convert_encoding, (2) mb_check_encoding, (3) mb_convert_variables, and (4) mb_parse_str functions.
Description:	Heap-based buffer overflow in ext/mbstring/libmbfl/filters/mbfilter_htmlent.c in the mbstring extension in PHP 4.3.0 through 5.2.6 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string containing an HTML entity, which is not properly handled during Unicode conversion, related to the (1) mb_convert_encoding, (2) mb_check_encoding, (3) mb_convert_variables, and (4) mb_parse_str functions.
Family:	unix	Class:	vulnerability
Reference(s):	CVE-2008-5557	Version:	5
Platform(s):	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 CentOS Linux 3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 CentOS Linux 4 Oracle Linux 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 CentOS Linux 5 Oracle Linux 5	Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
OS Section: RHEL3, CentOS3 RHEL3 or CentOS3 The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 AND CentOS Linux 3.x AND Configuration section php is earlier than 0:4.3.2-51.ent AND php-pgsql is earlier than 0:4.3.2-51.ent AND php-mysql is earlier than 0:4.3.2-51.ent AND php-ldap is earlier than 0:4.3.2-51.ent AND php-imap is earlier than 0:4.3.2-51.ent AND php-odbc is earlier than 0:4.3.2-51.ent AND php-devel is earlier than 0:4.3.2-51.ent OR OS Section: RHEL4, CentOS4, Oracle Linux 4 RHEL4, CentOS4 or Oracle Linux 4 The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AND CentOS Linux 4.x AND Oracle Linux 4.x AND Configuration section php-xmlrpc is earlier than 0:4.3.9-3.22.15 AND php-snmp is earlier than 0:4.3.9-3.22.15 AND php-domxml is earlier than 0:4.3.9-3.22.15 AND php-mysql is earlier than 0:4.3.9-3.22.15 AND php-imap is earlier than 0:4.3.9-3.22.15 AND php-gd is earlier than 0:4.3.9-3.22.15 AND php is earlier than 0:4.3.9-3.22.15 AND php-mbstring is earlier than 0:4.3.9-3.22.15 AND php-pgsql is earlier than 0:4.3.9-3.22.15 AND php-pear is earlier than 0:4.3.9-3.22.15 AND php-ldap is earlier than 0:4.3.9-3.22.15 AND php-odbc is earlier than 0:4.3.9-3.22.15 AND php-ncurses is earlier than 0:4.3.9-3.22.15 AND php-devel is earlier than 0:4.3.9-3.22.15 OR OS Section: RHEL5, CentOS5, Oracle Linux 5 RHEL5, CentOS5 or Oracle Linux 5 The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 AND CentOS Linux 5.x AND Oracle Linux 5.x AND Configuration section php-bcmath is earlier than 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 AND php-soap is earlier than 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 AND php-common is earlier than 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 AND php-mysql is earlier than 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 AND php-imap is earlier than 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 AND php-gd is earlier than 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 AND php is earlier than 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 AND php-mbstring is earlier than 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 AND php-pgsql is earlier than 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 AND php-xml is earlier than 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 AND php-ldap is earlier than 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 AND php-odbc is earlier than 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 AND php-ncurses is earlier than 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 AND php-devel is earlier than 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 AND php-xmlrpc is earlier than 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 AND php-snmp is earlier than 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 AND php-pdo is earlier than 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 AND php-dba is earlier than 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 AND php-cli is earlier than 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

Type	Description	Count
Application	Php cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.6:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.5:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.4:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.3:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.2:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.1:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.5:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.2:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.0:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.5:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.4:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.3:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.2:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.1:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:rc3:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:beta3:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:rc2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:beta2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:beta4:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:beta1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.4.9:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.4.8:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.4.7:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.4.6:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.4.5:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.4.4:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.4.3:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.4.2:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.4.1:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.4.0:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.7:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.6:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.5:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.4:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.3:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.2:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.11:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.10:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.0:-::::::	49

OpenVAS Exploits

Date	Description
2012-06-21	Name : PHP version smaller than 5.2.7 File : nvt/nopsec_php_5_2_7.nasl
2011-08-09	Name : CentOS Update for php CESA-2009:0338 centos5 i386 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2009_0338_php_centos5_i386.nasl
2011-08-09	Name : CentOS Update for php CESA-2009:0337 centos3 i386 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2009_0337_php_centos3_i386.nasl
2011-08-09	Name : CentOS Update for php CESA-2009:0337 centos4 i386 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2009_0337_php_centos4_i386.nasl
2010-05-12	Name : Mac OS X 10.5.7 Update / Mac OS X Security Update 2009-002 File : nvt/macosx_upd_10_5_7_secupd_2009-002.nasl
2010-01-07	Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201001-03 (php) File : nvt/glsa_201001_03.nasl
2009-11-17	Name : Mac OS X Version File : nvt/macosx_version.nasl
2009-10-22	Name : HP-UX Update for Apache-based Web Server HPSBUX02465 File : nvt/gb_hp_ux_HPSBUX02465.nasl
2009-10-13	Name : SLES10: Security update for PHP5 File : nvt/sles10_apache2-mod_php0.nasl
2009-10-10	Name : SLES9: Security update for PHP4 File : nvt/sles9p5046240.nasl
2009-07-17	Name : HP-UX Update for Apache Web Server Suite HPSBUX02431 File : nvt/gb_hp_ux_HPSBUX02431.nasl
2009-06-05	Name : Ubuntu USN-720-1 (php5) File : nvt/ubuntu_720_1.nasl
2009-06-05	Name : Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2009-3848 (maniadrive) File : nvt/fcore_2009_3848.nasl
2009-06-05	Name : Fedora Core 10 FEDORA-2009-3768 (maniadrive) File : nvt/fcore_2009_3768.nasl
2009-06-05	Name : Ubuntu USN-723-1 (git-core) File : nvt/ubuntu_723_1.nasl
2009-06-05	Name : Ubuntu USN-719-1 (libpam-krb5) File : nvt/ubuntu_719_1.nasl
2009-06-05	Name : Ubuntu USN-769-1 (libwmf) File : nvt/ubuntu_769_1.nasl
2009-05-11	Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1789-1 (php5) File : nvt/deb_1789_1.nasl
2009-04-15	Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:0338 File : nvt/RHSA_2009_0338.nasl
2009-04-15	Name : CentOS Security Advisory CESA-2009:0338 (php) File : nvt/ovcesa2009_0338.nasl
2009-04-15	Name : CentOS Security Advisory CESA-2009:0337 (php) File : nvt/ovcesa2009_0337.nasl
2009-04-15	Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:0350 File : nvt/RHSA_2009_0350.nasl
2009-04-15	Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:0337 File : nvt/RHSA_2009_0337.nasl
2009-04-06	Name : SuSE Security Summary SUSE-SR:2009:008 File : nvt/suse_sr_2009_008.nasl
2009-03-20	Name : FreeBSD Ports: php4-mbstring File : nvt/freebsd_php4-mbstring.nasl
2009-03-07	Name : Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:065 (php4) File : nvt/mdksa_2009_065.nasl
2009-03-07	Name : Ubuntu USN-726-1 (curl) File : nvt/ubuntu_726_1.nasl
2009-03-07	Name : Ubuntu USN-726-2 (curl) File : nvt/ubuntu_726_2.nasl
2009-03-07	Name : Ubuntu USN-727-1 (network-manager-applet) File : nvt/ubuntu_727_1.nasl
2009-03-07	Name : Ubuntu USN-727-2 (network-manager) File : nvt/ubuntu_727_2.nasl
2009-02-23	Name : Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:045 (php) File : nvt/mdksa_2009_045.nasl
2009-02-18	Name : SuSE Security Summary SUSE-SR:2009:004 File : nvt/suse_sr_2009_004.nasl
2008-12-31	Name : Heap-based buffer overflow in 'mbstring' extension for PHP File : nvt/secpod_php_mbstring_ext_bof_vuln.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id	Description
51477	PHP mbstring Extension ext/mbstring/libmbfl/filters/mbfilter_htmlent.c Multip...

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date	Description
2014-10-10	Name : The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch. File : f5_bigip_SOL9761.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12	Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-0337.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12	Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-0338.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01	Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : sl_20090406_php_on_SL3_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-01-04	Name : The remote server is affected by a signature validation bypass vulnerability. File : openssl_0_9_8j.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-04-27	Name : The remote web server has multiple vulnerabilities. File : hpsmh_6_0_0_95.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-02-25	Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-201001-03.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-02-24	Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-1940.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-06	Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2009-0338.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-24	Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse_apache2-mod_php5-5909.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-24	Name : The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse9_12382.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-21	Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_1_apache2-mod_php5-090119.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-21	Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_0_apache2-mod_php5-090114.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-06-01	Name : The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates. File : fedora_2009-3768.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-06-01	Name : The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates. File : fedora_2009-3848.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-05-13	Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes various security issues. File : macosx_10_5_7.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-05-06	Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-1789.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23	Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2009-045.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23	Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-720-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-07	Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2009-0337.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-07	Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2009-0338.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-07	Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2009-0337.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-03-17	Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates. File : freebsd_pkg_a2074ac6124c11dea9640030843d3802.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-02-06	Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_apache2-mod_php5-5934.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-12-05	Name : The remote web server uses a version of PHP that is affected by multiple vuln... File : php_5_2_7.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source	Url
APPLE	http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
BID	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32948
BUGTRAQ	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501376/100/0/threaded
CERT	http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html
CONFIRM	http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=45722 http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/ext/mbstring/libmbfl/filters/mbfilter_h... http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0035 http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.7
DEBIAN	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1789
FEDORA	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01451.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01465.html
FULLDISC	http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-12/0477.html
HP	http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02029444 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2
MANDRIVA	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:045
OVAL	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
REDHAT	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0350.html
SECTRACK	http://securitytracker.com/id?1021482
SECUNIA	http://secunia.com/advisories/34642 http://secunia.com/advisories/35003 http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 http://secunia.com/advisories/35306 http://secunia.com/advisories/35650
SUSE	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html
VUPEN	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
XF	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47525

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2024-02-02 01:09:54	Multiple Updates
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2023-09-05 12:09:15	Multiple Updates
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2023-09-02 12:09:21	Multiple Updates
2023-09-02 01:02:45	Multiple Updates
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2023-08-11 12:09:23	Multiple Updates
2023-08-11 01:02:50	Multiple Updates
2023-08-06 12:09:00	Multiple Updates
2023-08-06 01:02:46	Multiple Updates
2023-08-04 12:09:05	Multiple Updates
2023-08-04 01:02:49	Multiple Updates
2023-07-14 12:09:04	Multiple Updates
2023-07-14 01:02:46	Multiple Updates
2023-03-29 01:10:18	Multiple Updates
2023-03-28 12:02:52	Multiple Updates
2022-10-11 12:08:03	Multiple Updates
2022-10-11 01:02:36	Multiple Updates
2021-05-04 12:08:32	Multiple Updates
2021-04-22 01:08:54	Multiple Updates
2020-05-23 00:22:44	Multiple Updates
2019-06-08 12:02:39	Multiple Updates
2019-03-18 12:01:54	Multiple Updates
2018-10-12 00:20:31	Multiple Updates
2017-09-29 09:23:52	Multiple Updates
2017-08-08 09:24:34	Multiple Updates
2016-04-26 18:08:09	Multiple Updates
2014-10-11 13:26:02	Multiple Updates
2014-02-17 10:47:41	Multiple Updates
2013-05-11 00:32:47	Multiple Updates

Global Informations

Type	Count
CWE ID(s)	1
Oval ID(s)	1
CPE ID(s)	49
Sources(s)	29
osvdb(s)	1
Openvas Exploit(s)	33
Nessus® Exploit(s)	25

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10	USN-720-1
10	TA09-133A
10	RHSA-2009:0350
10	RHSA-2009:0338
10	RHSA-2009:0337
10	MDVSA-2009:065
10	MDVSA-2009:045
10	HPSBUX02465 SSR...
10	HPSBMA02492 SSR...
10	GLSA-201001-03
10	DSA-1789
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10 - CVE-2008-5557

Executive Summary

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

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Original Source

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

OVAL Definitions

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

OpenVAS Exploits

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