{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5587","details":"Directory traversal vulnerability in libraries/lib.inc.php in phpPgAdmin 4.2.1 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the _language parameter to index.php.","modified":"2026-09-20T06:47:37.174329125Z","published":"2008-12-16T19:07:31.843Z","upstream":["CVE-2008-5587"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5587"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"phppgadmin","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/phppgadmin?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.2.1-1.1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"low"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5587.json"}},{"package":{"name":"phppgadmin","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/phppgadmin?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.2.1-1.1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"low"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5587.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}