PHP Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Vulnerability - CVE-2008-2829 - Vulnerability Database

PHP Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Vulnerability - CVE-2008-2829

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Reference: CVE-2008-2829
Title: PHP Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Vulnerability
Overview:

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 quotrfc822.c legacy routine buffer overflowquot error message related to the rfc822_write_address function.