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title: "CVE-2008-5619\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2008-5619

Publication date 17 December 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

html2text.php in Chuggnutt HTML to Text Converter, as used in PHPMailer
before 5.2.10, RoundCube Webmail (roundcubemail) 0.2-1.alpha and
0.2-3.beta, Mahara, and AtMail Open 1.03, allows remote attackers to
execute arbitrary code via crafted input that is processed by the
preg\_replace function with the eval switch.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-5619?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| moodle | 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 1.8.2-1.2ubuntu2.1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 1.8.2-1ubuntu4.2 |
| 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |
| roundcube | 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 0.1.1-7ubuntu0.1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 0.1~rc2-6ubuntu0.1 |
| 7.10 gutsy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-5619?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

moodle recently copied roundcube's html2text due to their copy being
non-free (1.8.2.dfsg-1)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| roundcube | * Debdiff:   <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/roundcube/+bug/316550> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5619)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5619)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-5619)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5619)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-791-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-791-1)
+ Moodle vulnerabilities
+ 24 June 2009

### Other references

* <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508909>
* <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508628>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5619>