USN-4779-1

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4779-1

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4779-1.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-4779-1

Upstream

CVE-2015-8980

UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8980

Related

UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8980

Published

2021-03-15T20:55:47.212277Z

Modified

2025-10-13T04:35:23Z

Summary

php-gettext vulnerability

Details

Danilo Segan discovered that Gettext mishandled certain input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / php-gettext

Package

Name: php-gettext
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/php-gettext@1.0.11-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.0.11-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

1.*

1.0.11-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "php-gettext",
            "binary_version": "1.0.11-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2015-8980"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / php-gettext