Ubuntu 4.10 : php4 vulnerabilities (USN-112-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 20499

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

An integer overflow was discovered in the exif_process_IFD_TAG() function in PHP4's EXIF module. EXIF tags with a specially crafted 'Image File Directory' (IFD) tag caused a buffer overflow which could have been exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the PHP4 server. (CAN-2005-1042)

The same module also contained a Denial of Service vulnerability. EXIF headers with a large IFD nesting level caused an unbound recursion which would eventually overflow the stack and cause the executed program to crash. (CAN-2005-1043)

In web applications that automatically process EXIF tags of uploaded images, both vulnerabilities could be exploited remotely.

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 20499

File Name: ubuntu_USN-112-1.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks

Published: 1/15/2006

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php4-curl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php4-pear, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php4-cgi, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php4-gd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php4-mysql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache2-mod-php4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php4-recode, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php4-xslt, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php4-domxml, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php4-sybase, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php4-snmp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php4-mcal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php4-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php4-odbc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php4-mhash, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:4.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php4-ldap

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/14/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1042, CVE-2005-1043

USN: 112-1

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