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PHP 5.3 < 5.3.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 51140

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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 5.3 installed on the remote host is older than 5.3.4. Such versions may be affected by several security issues :

 - A crash in the zip extract method.

 - A stack-based buffer overflow in impagepstext() of the GD extension.

 - An unspecified vulnerability related to symbolic resolution when using a DFS share.

 - A security bypass vulnerability related to using pathnames containing NULL bytes.
 (CVE-2006-7243)

 - Multiple format string vulnerabilities.
 (CVE-2010-2094, CVE-2010-2950)

 - An unspecified security bypass vulnerability in open_basedir(). (CVE-2010-3436)

 - A NULL pointer dereference in ZipArchive::getArchiveComment. (CVE-2010-3709)

 - Memory corruption in php_filter_validate_email().
 (CVE-2010-3710)

 - An input validation vulnerability in xml_utf8_decode(). (CVE-2010-3870)

 - A possible double free in the IMAP extension.
 (CVE-2010-4150)

 - An information disclosure vulnerability in 'mb_strcut()'. (CVE-2010-4156)

 - An integer overflow vulnerability in 'getSymbol()'.
 (CVE-2010-4409)

 - A use-after-free vulnerability in the Zend engine when a '__set()', '__get()', '__isset()' or '__unset()' method is called can allow for a denial of service attack. (Bug #52879 / CVE-2010-4697)

 - A stack-based buffer overflow exists in the 'imagepstext()' function in the GD extension. (Bug #53492 / CVE-2010-4698)

 - The 'iconv_mime_decode_headers()' function in the iconv extension fails to properly handle encodings that are not recognized by the iconv and mbstring implementations. (Bug #52941 / CVE-2010-4699)

 - The 'set_magic_quotes_runtime()' function when the MySQLi extension is used does not properly interact with the 'mysqli_fetch_assoc()' function. (Bug #52221 / CVE-2010-4700)

 - A race condition exists in the PCNTL extension.
 (CVE-2011-0753)

 - The SplFileInfo::getType function in the Standard PHP Library extension does not properly detect symbolic links. (CVE-2011-0754)

 - An integer overflow exists in the mt_rand function.
 (CVE-2011-0755)

Solution

Upgrade to PHP 5.3.4 or later.

See Also

http://www.php.net/releases/5_3_4.php

http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.3.4

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 51140

File Name: php_5_3_4.nasl

Version: 1.25

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 12/13/2010

Updated: 5/31/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-4700

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: 12/10/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/18/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-7243, CVE-2010-2094, CVE-2010-2950, CVE-2010-3436, CVE-2010-3709, CVE-2010-3710, CVE-2010-3870, CVE-2010-4150, CVE-2010-4156, CVE-2010-4409, CVE-2010-4697, CVE-2010-4698, CVE-2010-4699, CVE-2010-4700, CVE-2011-0753, CVE-2011-0754, CVE-2011-0755

BID: 40173, 43926, 44605, 44718, 44723, 44951, 44980, 45119, 45335, 45338, 45339, 45952, 45954, 46056, 46168

CERT: 479900