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.
CVE-2008-1734 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 2 products from gentoo, from gentoo organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Originally identified in 2008, this vulnerability predates many modern security frameworks and practices. The vulnerability landscape of that era was characterized by different threat models and less mature defense mechanisms compared to contemporary standards.
2008-04-18T15:05:00.000
2025-04-09T00:30:58.490
Deferred
CVSSv2: 3.6 (LOW)
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
3.9
4.9
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | gentoo | linux | * | No |
| Application | gentoo | php_toolkit | ≤ 1.0 | Yes |
| Application | gentoo | php_toolkit | 1.0 | Yes |
| Application | gentoo | php_toolkit | 1.0 | Yes |
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