CVE-2008-0599

Publication date 5 May 2008

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The init_request_info function in sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c in PHP before 5.2.6 does not properly consider operator precedence when calculating the length of PATH_TRANSLATED, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted URI.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
php5	8.04 LTS hardy	Fixed 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.3
	7.10 gutsy	Fixed 5.2.3-1ubuntu6.4
	7.04 feisty	Not affected
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not affected

Notes

jdstrand

dapper and feisty have different code that is not affected

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
php5	Debdiff: http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15065228/php5_5.2.4-2ubuntu5.2.debdiff Other: http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c?r1=1.267.2.15.2.54&r2=1.267.2.15.2.55&view=patch

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 9.8 · Critical

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.8 · Critical
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-628-1
PHP vulnerabilities
23 July 2008

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0599