Stack-based buffer overflow in apc.c in Alternative PHP Cache (APC) 3.0.11 through 3.0.16 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename.

Update to latest version which fixes a number of bugs and one security issue: CVE-2008-1488 php-pecl-apc strcpy out of bounds

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Update to latest version of APC. Fixes a number of bugs and one security issue: CVE-2008-1488: php-pecl-apc strcpy out of bounds

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200804-07 (PECL APC: Buffer Overflow)

    Daniel Papasian discovered a stack-based buffer overflow in the     apc_search_paths() function in the file apc.c when processing long     filenames.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary     code in PHP applications that pass user-controlled input to the     include() function.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
33517	Fedora 9 : php-pecl-apc-3.0.19-1.fc9 (2008-6401)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
33516	Fedora 8 : php-pecl-apc-3.0.19-1.fc8 (2008-6344)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
31838	GLSA-200804-07 : PECL APC: Buffer Overflow	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	medium

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CVE-2008-1488

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