| Name | CVE-2015-8980 |
| Description | The plural form formula in ngettext family of calls in php-gettext before 1.0.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. |
| 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 | 851770 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| php-gettext (PTS) | jessie | 1.0.11-1 | vulnerable |
| buster, stretch | 1.0.12-0.1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1.0.12-4 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.0.12-5 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.0.12-6 | fixed |
| phpmyadmin (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 4:4.2.12-2+deb8u12 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 4:4.6.6-4+deb9u2 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 4:4.6.6-4+deb9u3 | fixed |
| bullseye | 4:5.0.4+dfsg2-2+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 4:5.2.1+dfsg-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 4:5.2.1+dfsg-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| php-gettext | source | (unstable) | 1.0.12-0.1 | | | 851770 |
| phpmyadmin | source | (unstable) | 4:4.6.6-1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
[jessie] - php-gettext <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - php-gettext <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
For phpmyadmin, unimportant, since embeds lib but does not use in exploitable way
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Aug/76
Upstream patch: https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~danilo/php-gettext/trunk/revision/61