Debian DSA-2961-1 : php5 - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 76082

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that PHP, a general-purpose scripting language commonly used for web application development, is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow in the DNS TXT record parsing. A malicious server or man-in-the-middle attacker could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary code as the PHP interpreter if a PHP application uses dns_get_record() to perform a DNS query.

Solution

Upgrade the php5 packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 5.4.4-14+deb7u11.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 76082

File Name: debian_DSA-2961.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 6/17/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/16/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-4049

BID: 68007

DSA: 2961

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