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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200804-07">
+ <title>PECL APC: Buffer Overflow</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ A buffer overflow vulnerability in PECL APC might allow for the remote
+ execution of arbitrary code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">pecl-apc</product>
+ <announced>2008-04-09</announced>
+ <revised count="01">2008-04-09</revised>
+ <bug>214576</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="dev-php5/pecl-apc" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">3.0.16-r1</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">3.0.16-r1</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ PECL Alternative PHP Cache (PECL APC) is a free, open, and robust
+ framework for caching and optimizing PHP intermediate code.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Daniel Papasian discovered a stack-based buffer overflow in the
+ apc_search_paths() function in the file apc.c when processing long
+ filenames.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="high">
+ <p>
+ A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary
+ code in PHP applications that pass user-controlled input to the
+ include() function.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All PECL APC users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=dev-php5/pecl-apc-3.0.16-r1"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1488">CVE-2008-1488</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2008-04-03T14:46:37Z">
+ rbu
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2008-04-03T14:49:16Z">
+ rbu
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2008-04-03T23:31:29Z">
+ rbu
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>