GLSA-200610-14 : PHP: Integer overflow

critical Nessus Plugin ID 22929

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200610-14 (PHP: Integer overflow)

A flaw in the PHP memory handling routines allows an unserialize() call to be executed on non-allocated memory due to a previous integer overflow.
Impact :

An attacker could execute arbitrary code with the rights of the web server user or the user running a vulnerable PHP script.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All PHP 5.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-lang/php-5.1.6-r6' All PHP 4.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-lang/php-4.4.4-r6'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200610-14

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 22929

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200610-14.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 10/31/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:php, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/30/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/5/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-4812

BID: 20349

CWE: 94

GLSA: 200610-14