PHP 7.3.x < 7.3.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities.

medium Nessus Plugin ID 126637

Synopsis

An application installed on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

According to its banner, the version of PHP running on the remote web server is 7.3.x prior to 7.3.7. It is, therefore, affected by a denial of service vulnerability in DOMDocumentType.

Solution

Upgrade to PHP version 7.3.7 or later.

See Also

http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php#7.3.7

https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=78025

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 126637

File Name: php_7_3_7.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 7/12/2019

Updated: 5/31/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

CVSS Score Rationale: Tenable score for dos

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: manual

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:php:php

Required KB Items: www/PHP, installed_sw/PHP

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Patch Publication Date: 7/4/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/17/2019

Reference Information

BID: 109061