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PHP 5.6.x < 5.6.21 Multiple Vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 90921

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Synopsis

The version of PHP running on the remote web server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

According to its banner, the version of PHP running on the remote web server is 5.6.x prior to 5.6.21. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

 - A signedness error exists in the GD Graphics library within file gd_gd2.c due to improper validation of user-supplied input when handling compressed GD2 data.
 An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a heap-based buffer overflow, resulting in a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-3074)

 - An out-of-bounds read error exists within file ext/intl/grapheme/grapheme_string.c when handling negative offsets in the zif_grapheme_stripos() function.
 An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or disclose memory contents.

 - An out-of-bounds read error exists in the php_str2num() function within file ext/bcmath/bcmath.c when handling negative scales. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the disclosure of memory contents.

 - An out-of-bounds read error exists in the exif_read_data() function within file ext/exif/exif.c when handling exif headers. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the disclosure of memory contents.

 - A flaw exists in the xml_parse_into_struct() function within file ext/xml/xml.c when handling specially crafted XML contents. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to PHP version 5.6.21 or later.

See Also

http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.6.21

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 90921

File Name: php_5_6_21.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 5/5/2016

Updated: 5/28/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-3074

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:php:php

Required KB Items: www/PHP

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 4/28/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/21/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-3074, CVE-2016-4537, CVE-2016-4538, CVE-2016-4539, CVE-2016-4540, CVE-2016-4541, CVE-2016-4542, CVE-2016-4543, CVE-2016-4544