CVE-2008-3658

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2008-08-07
Bugzilla:
459529: CVE-2008-3658 php: buffer overflow in the imageloadfont function in gd extension

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Buffer overflow in the imageloadfont function in ext/gd/gd.c in PHP 4.4.x before 4.4.9 and PHP 5.2 before 5.2.6-r6 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file.

Find out more about CVE-2008-3658 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue has been addressed in the affected versions of PHP packages shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux via advisories listed on the following page: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/CVE-2008-3658.html

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (php) RHSA-2009:0338 2009-04-06
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (php) RHSA-2009:0337 2009-04-06
Red Hat Application Stack v2 for Enterprise Linux (v.5) (php) RHSA-2009:0350 2009-04-14
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (php) RHSA-2009:0337 2009-04-06

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