DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5587

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Source

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5587

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5587.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5587

Upstream

CVE-2008-5587

Published

2008-12-16T19:07:31Z

Modified

2025-09-19T06:24:06Z

Summary

[none]

Details

Directory traversal vulnerability in libraries/lib.inc.php in phpPgAdmin 4.2.1 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the _language parameter to index.php.

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5587

Affected packages

Debian:13 / phppgadmin

Package

Name: phppgadmin
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/phppgadmin?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

4.2.1-1.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:14 / phppgadmin

Package

Name: phppgadmin
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/phppgadmin?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

4.2.1-1.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}