| Name | CVE-2015-8980 |
| Description | Arbitrary code execution in select_string, ngettext and npgettext count parameter |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 851770 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| php-gettext (PTS) | jessie | 1.0.11-1 | vulnerable |
| buster, stretch, sid | 1.0.12-0.1 | fixed |
| phpmyadmin (PTS) | jessie | 4:4.2.12-2+deb8u2 | vulnerable |
| jessie (security) | 4:4.2.12-2+deb8u3 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 4:4.6.6-4 | fixed |
| buster, sid | 4:4.6.6-5 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| php-gettext | source | (unstable) | 1.0.12-0.1 | | | 851770 |
| phpmyadmin | source | (unstable) | 4:4.6.6-1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
[jessie] - php-gettext <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - php-gettext <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
For phpmyadmin, unimportant, since embeds lib but does not use in exploitable way
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Aug/76
Upstream patch: https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~danilo/php-gettext/trunk/revision/61