PHP 5.3.x < 5.3.15 Multiple Vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 60085

Synopsis

The remote web server uses a version of PHP that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

According to its banner, the version of PHP installed on the remote host is 5.3.x earlier than 5.3.15, and is, therefore, potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities :

- An unspecified overflow vulnerability exists in the function '_php_stream_scandir' in the file 'main/streams/streams.c'. (CVE-2012-2688)

- An unspecified error exists that can allow the 'open_basedir' constraint to be bypassed.
(CVE-2012-3365)

Solution

Upgrade to PHP version 5.3.15 or later.

See Also

http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.3.15

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 60085

File Name: php_5_3_15.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 7/20/2012

Updated: 5/28/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: 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: 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: 7/19/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/19/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2688, CVE-2012-3365

BID: 54612, 54638