Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-1488 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in Pecl-PHP Alternative PHP Cache

047910
CVSS 6.8 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
pecl-php
CWE-119
nessus
exploit available

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in apc.c in Alternative PHP Cache (APC) 3.0.11 through 3.0.16 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename.

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
  • Overflow Buffers
    Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
  • Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
    This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
  • Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
    In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
  • MIME Conversion
    An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.

Exploit-Db

descriptionPECL 3.0.x Alternative PHP Cache Extension 'apc_search_paths()' Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. CVE-2008-1488. Remote exploit for linux platform
idEDB-ID:31540
last seen2016-02-03
modified2008-03-26
published2008-03-26
reporterdannyp
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/31540/
titlePECL 3.0.x - Alternative PHP Cache Extension 'apc_search_paths' Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Nessus

  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2008-6344.NASL
    descriptionUpdate to latest version of APC. Fixes a number of bugs and one security issue: CVE-2008-1488: php-pecl-apc strcpy out of bounds Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id33516
    published2008-07-16
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/33516
    titleFedora 8 : php-pecl-apc-3.0.19-1.fc8 (2008-6344)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2008-6344.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(33516);
      script_version ("1.13");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:28");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2008-1488");
      script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2008-6344");
    
      script_name(english:"Fedora 8 : php-pecl-apc-3.0.19-1.fc8 (2008-6344)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package.");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "Update to latest version of APC. Fixes a number of bugs and one
    security issue: CVE-2008-1488: php-pecl-apc strcpy out of bounds
    
    Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
    description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable
    has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
    without introducing additional issues."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=438845"
      );
      # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2008-July/012428.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?f8fe9717"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected php-pecl-apc package."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
      script_cwe_id(119);
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:php-pecl-apc");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:8");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/07/15");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/07/16");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
      script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
    if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
    os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
    if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
    os_ver = os_ver[1];
    if (! ereg(pattern:"^8([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 8.x", "Fedora " + os_ver);
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu);
    
    flag = 0;
    if (rpm_check(release:"FC8", reference:"php-pecl-apc-3.0.19-1.fc8")) flag++;
    
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
      else security_warning(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "php-pecl-apc");
    }
    
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2008-6401.NASL
    descriptionUpdate to latest version which fixes a number of bugs and one security issue: CVE-2008-1488 php-pecl-apc strcpy out of bounds Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id33517
    published2008-07-16
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/33517
    titleFedora 9 : php-pecl-apc-3.0.19-1.fc9 (2008-6401)
  • NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-200804-07.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200804-07 (PECL APC: Buffer Overflow) Daniel Papasian discovered a stack-based buffer overflow in the apc_search_paths() function in the file apc.c when processing long filenames. Impact : A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in PHP applications that pass user-controlled input to the include() function. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id31838
    published2008-04-11
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/31838
    titleGLSA-200804-07 : PECL APC: Buffer Overflow