Debian DLA-1929-1 : php-pecl-http security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 129106

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

A vulnerability has been discovered in php-pecl-http, the pecl_http module for PHP 5 Extended HTTP Support. A type confusion vulnerability in the merge_param() function allows attackers to crash PHP and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted HTTP requests.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.4-1+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your php-pecl-http packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected php5-pecl-http, and php5-pecl-http-dev packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 129106

File Name: debian_DLA-1929.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 9/23/2019

Updated: 4/24/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-7398

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:php5-pecl-http-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:php5-pecl-http, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/20/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/6/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-7398

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