Debian DSA-2816-1 : php5 - several vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 71402

Synopsis

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

Description

Several vulnerabilities were found in PHP, a general-purpose scripting language commonly used for web application development. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following issues :

- CVE-2013-6420 Stefan Esser reported possible memory corruption in openssl_x509_parse().

- CVE-2013-6712 Creating DateInterval objects from parsed ISO dates was not properly restricted, which allowed to cause a denial of service.

In addition, the update for Debian 7 'Wheezy' contains several bugfixes originally targeted for the upcoming Wheezy point release.

Solution

Upgrade the php5 packages.

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 5.3.3-7+squeeze18.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 5.4.4-14+deb7u7.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=731112

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=731895

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6420

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6712

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/php5

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/php5

https://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2816

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 71402

File Name: debian_DSA-2816.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/14/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:php5, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/12/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6420, CVE-2013-6712

BID: 64018, 64225

DSA: 2816