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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-3660: PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-3660: PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/14/2008
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

PHP 4.4.x before 4.4.9, and 5.x through 5.2.6, when used as a FastCGI module, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a request with multiple dots preceding the extension, as demonstrated using foo..php.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-lang-php

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