CVE-2015-8980 Code injection in php-gettext

What is CVE-2015-8980?

CVE-2015-8980 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 4 Nov 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The plural form formula in ngettext family of calls in php-gettext before 1.0.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8980?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Opensuse Leap, Php-Gettext Project Php-Gettext, Redhat Enterprise Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2015-8980?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2015-8980 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8980 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8980, GHSA-gxcv-w2wp-7xvm, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8980, USN-4779-1.