CVE-2008-3660 in PHP

Summary

PHP 4.4.x before 4.4.9, and 5.x through 5.2.6, when used as a FastCGI module, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a request with multiple dots preceding the extension, as demonstrated using foo..php.

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• Reservation: 08/12/2008
• Disclosure: 08/14/2008
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-43710
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-20 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 5.3
• EPSS: 0.15974
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3660
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3660
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2008-3660/