PECL APC: Buffer Overflow — GLSA 200804-07

A buffer overflow vulnerability in PECL APC might allow for the remote execution of arbitrary code.

Affected packages

Background

PECL Alternative PHP Cache (PECL APC) is a free, open, and robust framework for caching and optimizing PHP intermediate code.

Description

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.

Resolution

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-php5/pecl-apc-3.0.16-r1"

References

• CVE-2008-1488

Release date
April 09, 2008

Latest revision
April 09, 2008: 01

Severity
high

Exploitable
remote

Bugzilla entries

• 214576