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PHP < 5.2.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Plugin ID 35750
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Synopsis
The remote web server uses a version of PHP that is affected by multiple flaws.Description
According to its banner, the version of PHP installed on the remote host is older than 5.2.9. Such versions may be affected by several security issues :- Background color is not correctly validated with a non true color image in function 'imagerotate()'. (CVE-2008-5498)
- A denial of service condition can be triggered by trying to extract zip files that contain files with relative paths in file or directory names.
- Function 'explode()' is affected by an unspecified vulnerability.
- It may be possible to trigger a segfault by passing a specially crafted string to function 'json_decode()'.
- Function 'xml_error_string()' is affected by a flaw which results in messages being off by one.
Solution
Upgrade to PHP version 5.2.9 or later.See Also
http://news.php.net/php.internals/42762
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 35750
File Name: php_5_2_9.nasl
Version: 1.16
Type: remote
Family: CGI abuses
Published: 2/27/2009
Updated: 5/31/2024
Configuration: Enable thorough checks
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Enable CGI Scanning: true
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:php:php
Required KB Items: www/PHP
Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning
Exploit Ease: No exploit is required
Patch Publication Date: 2/26/2009