Detections
Analytics
PHP < 5.2.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities
medium Log Correlation Engine Plugin ID 801092
Synopsis
The remote web server uses a version of PHP that is affected by multiple flaws.Description
According to its banner, the version of PHP installed on the remote host is older than 5.2.9. Such versions may be affected by several security issues :- Background color is not correctly validated with a non-true color image in function 'imagerotate()'. (CVE-2008-5498)
- A denial of service condition can be triggered by trying to extract zip files that contain files with relative paths in file or directory names.
- Function 'explode()' is affected by an unspecified vulnerability.
- It may be possible to trigger a segfault by passing a specially crafted string to function 'json_decode()'.
- Function 'xml_error_string()' is affected by a flaw that results in messages being off by one." );
Solution
Upgrade to version 5.2.9 or higher.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 801092
Family: Web Servers
Nessus ID: 35750
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-5498