SUSE-SA:2005:023: php4, php5

medium Nessus Plugin ID 18057

Synopsis

The remote host is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2005:023 (php4, php5).

This update fixes the following security issues in the PHP scripting language:

- A bug in getimagesize() EXIF handling which could lead to a denial of service attack.

This is tracked by the Mitre CVE IDs CVE-2005-0524 and CVE-2005-0525.

Additionally this non-security bug was fixed:
- Performance problems of unserialize() caused by previous security fix to unserialize were fixed.

All SUSE Linux based distributions shipping php4 and php5 were affected.

Solution

http://www.suse.de/security/advisories/2005_23_php.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 18057

File Name: suse_SA_2005_023.nasl

Version: 1.11

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 4/15/2005

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0524, CVE-2005-0525

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