Input validation

Interpretation conflict in PHP Toolkit before 1.0.1 on Gentoo Linux might allow local users to cause a denial of service PHP outage and read contents of PHP scripts by creating a file with a one-letter lowercase alphabetic name, which triggers interpretation of a certain unquoted a-z argument as ...

CVE-2008-1734

CVE-2008-1734 affects Gentoo Linux users running the Gentoo PHP Toolkit prior to 1.0.1. The vulnerability arises from an interpretation conflict where an unquoted [a-z] argument can be treated as a shell glob instead of a literal string, allowing local users to cause a Denial of Service (PHP outa...