CVE-2008-7068

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-08-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The dba_replace function in PHP 5.2.6 and 4.x allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (file truncation) via a key with the NULL byte. NOTE: this might only be a vulnerability in limited circumstances in which the attacker can modify or add database entries but does not have permissions to truncate the file.

Affected products

PHP: 4.0, 4.0-beta_4_patch1, 4.0-beta1, 4.0-beta2, 4.0-beta3, 4.0-beta4 (+49)

References

http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/NEWS?r1=1.2027.2.547.2.1313&r2=1.2027.2.547.2.1314&
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/58
http://www.osvdb.org/52206
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498746/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498981/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498982/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47316
http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/NEWS?r1=1.2027.2.547.2.1313&r2=1.2027.2.547.2.1314&
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/58
http://www.osvdb.org/52206
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498746/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498981/100/0/threaded

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