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Oracle Linux 7 : php (ELSA-2016-2598)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 94717

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2016-2598 advisory.

 - bz2: fix improper error handling in bzread() CVE-2016-5399
 - gd: fix integer overflow in _gd2GetHeader() resulting in heap overflow CVE-2016-5766
 - gd: fix integer overflow in gdImagePaletteToTrueColor() resulting in heap overflow CVE-2016-5767
 - mbstring: fix double free in _php_mb_regex_ereg_replace_exec CVE-2016-5768
 - don't set environmental variable based on user supplied Proxy request header CVE-2016-5385

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2016-2598.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 94717

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-2598.nasl

Version: 2.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/11/2016

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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-2016-5768

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: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-gd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-mysql, 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-mysqlnd, 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, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-fpm, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-enchant, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-snmp, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, 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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/10/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/7/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5399, CVE-2016-5766, CVE-2016-5767, CVE-2016-5768

RHSA: 2016:2598