CVE-1999-0058

Summary

CVE-1999-0058 is a significant vulnerability affecting the PHP cgi program, identified as php.cgi. This issue involves a buffer overflow, which allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code with shell access. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending specially crafted input to the PHP cgi program, potentially leading to serious security consequences, including system compromise. This issue was discovered in 1999 and posed a serious threat to PHP-based web applications at that time. It is crucial for organizations running such applications to apply patches or upgrades to address this vulnerability.

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