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gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200804-07.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200804-07">
<title>PECL APC: Buffer Overflow</title>
<synopsis>
A buffer overflow vulnerability in PECL APC might allow for the remote
execution of arbitrary code.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">pecl-apc</product>
<announced>April 09, 2008</announced>
<revised>April 09, 2008: 01</revised>
<bug>214576</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="dev-php5/pecl-apc" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">3.0.16-r1</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">3.0.16-r1</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>
PECL Alternative PHP Cache (PECL APC) is a free, open, and robust
framework for caching and optimizing PHP intermediate code.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>
Daniel Papasian discovered a stack-based buffer overflow in the
apc_search_paths() function in the file apc.c when processing long
filenames.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="high">
<p>
A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary
code in PHP applications that pass user-controlled input to the
include() function.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>
There is no known workaround at this time.
</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>
All PECL APC users should upgrade to the latest version:
</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=dev-php5/pecl-apc-3.0.16-r1&quot;</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1488">CVE-2008-1488</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:46:37 +0000">
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</metadata>
<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:49:16 +0000">
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</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:31:29 +0000">
rbu
</metadata>
</glsa>