| Name | CVE-2008-5557 |
| Description | Heap-based buffer overflow in ext/mbstring/libmbfl/filters/mbfilter_htmlent.c in the mbstring extension in PHP 4.3.0 through 5.2.6 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string containing an HTML entity, which is not properly handled during Unicode conversion, related to the (1) mb_convert_encoding, (2) mb_check_encoding, (3) mb_convert_variables, and (4) mb_parse_str functions. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1789-1, DTSA-188-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 511493 |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| php5 | source | etch | 5.2.0+dfsg-8+etch15 | DSA-1789-1 | ||
| php5 | source | lenny | 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny3 | DSA-1789-1 | ||
| php5 | source | (unstable) | 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1 | 511493 |
according to bug report, this was fixed in lenny prior to the release, but was not marked as such at the time