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CentOS 6 : php (CESA-2013:0514)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 65146
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Synopsis
The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated php packages that fix three security issues, several bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.
PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language commonly used with the Apache HTTP Server.
It was found that PHP did not check for carriage returns in HTTP headers, allowing intended HTTP response splitting protections to be bypassed. Depending on the web browser the victim is using, a remote attacker could use this flaw to perform HTTP response splitting attacks. (CVE-2011-1398)
An integer signedness issue, leading to a heap-based buffer underflow, was found in the PHP scandir() function. If a remote attacker could upload an excessively large number of files to a directory the scandir() function runs on, it could cause the PHP interpreter to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2012-2688)
It was found that PHP did not correctly handle the magic_quotes_gpc configuration directive. This could result in magic_quotes_gpc input escaping not being applied in all cases, possibly making it easier for a remote attacker to perform SQL injection attacks. (CVE-2012-0831)
These updated php packages also include numerous bug fixes and enhancements. Space precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Users are directed to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Technical Notes, linked to in the References, for information on the most significant of these changes.
All users of php are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these issues and add these enhancements. After installing the updated packages, the httpd daemon must be restarted for the update to take effect.
Solution
Update the affected php packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 65146
File Name: centos_RHSA-2013-0514.nasl
Version: 1.12
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 3/10/2013
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
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
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-2688
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-ldap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-zts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-soap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-xmlrpc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-dba, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-gd, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-recode, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-pspell, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-embedded, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-xml, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-imap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-pgsql, cpe:/o:centos:centos:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-snmp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-mysql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-odbc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-pdo, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-cli, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-process, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-tidy, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-intl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-fpm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-enchant
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/8/2013
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/10/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2011-1398, CVE-2012-0831, CVE-2012-2688
RHSA: 2013:0514