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
Published
2008-12-16T19:07:31.843Z
Modified
2025-11-14T04:01:10.174175Z
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

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"
}

Database specific

source

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

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"
}

Database specific

source

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