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Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 10.04 LTS / 11.04 / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS : php5 vulnerabilities (USN-1569-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 62178

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain character sequences when applying HTTP response-splitting protection. A remote attacker could create a specially crafted URL and inject arbitrary headers. (CVE-2011-1398, CVE-2012-4388)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled directories with a large number of files. This could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the web server, or to perform a denial of service. (CVE-2012-2688)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly parsed certain PDO prepared statements. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause PHP to crash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2012-3450).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected php5 package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1569-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 62178

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1569-1.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/18/2012

Updated: 9/19/2019

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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: 7.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php5, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/17/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/20/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1398, CVE-2012-2688, CVE-2012-3450, CVE-2012-4388

BID: 54638, 54777, 55297, 55527

USN: 1569-1