| Name | CVE-2008-4125 |
| Description | The search function in phpBB 2.x provides a search_id value that leaks the state of PHP's PRNG, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information, as demonstrated by a cross-application attack against WordPress, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-0632. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 500086 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| phpbb3 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 3.0.12-5+deb8u4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| phpbb2 | source | (unstable) | 2.0.23+repack-3 | low | | 500086 |
| phpbb3 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
[etch] - phpbb2 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
- phpbb3 <not-affected> (vulnerable code not present)
this is actually a bug in the seeding by PHP, not phpBB per se, but
fixing it nonetheless as a workaround.