Oracle Linux 6 : php (ELSA-2016-1609) (httpoxy)

high Nessus Plugin ID 92936

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2016:1609 :

An update for php is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language commonly used with the Apache HTTP Server.

Security Fix(es) :

* It was discovered that PHP did not properly protect against the HTTP_PROXY variable name clash. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to redirect HTTP requests performed by a PHP script to an attacker-controlled proxy via a malicious HTTP request.
(CVE-2016-5385)

Red Hat would like to thank Scott Geary (VendHQ) for reporting this issue.

Solution

Update the affected php packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 92936

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-1609.nasl

Version: 2.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/12/2016

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-gd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-mysql, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-zts, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-odbc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-process, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-xml, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-intl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-xmlrpc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-pspell, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-ldap, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-fpm, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-tidy, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-enchant, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-snmp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-pdo, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-recode, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-soap, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-embedded, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-cli, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-dba, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-imap

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/11/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/19/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5385

RHSA: 2016:1609

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