DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5587

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5587

    Published: 16 Dec 2008Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2008-5587

    Summary:

    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: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5587

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: phppgadmin

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/phppgadmin?arch=source&distro=trixie

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.2.1-1.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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