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Debian DSA-1949-1 : php-net-ping - programming error

critical Nessus Plugin ID 44814

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that php-net-ping, a PHP PEAR module to execute ping independently of the Operating System, performs insufficient input sanitising, which might be used to inject arguments (no CVE yet) or execute arbitrary commands (CVE-2009-4024 ) on a system that uses php-net-ping.

Solution

Upgrade the php-net-ping packages.

For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.2-1+etch1.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.2-1+lenny1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-4024

https://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1949

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 44814

File Name: debian_DSA-1949.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/24/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:php-net-ping, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/12/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-4024

BID: 37093

CWE: 94

DSA: 1949