# CVE-2008-1734: 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 re

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2008-04-18 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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 a matching shell glob for this name, rather than interpretation as the literal [a-z] regular-expression string, and consequently blocks the launch of the PHP interpreter within the Apache HTTP Server.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28844
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41928
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=209535
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-19.xml

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