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GLSA-201612-17 : PECL HTTP: Remote execution of arbitrary code

critical Nessus Plugin ID 95603

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201612-17 (PECL HTTP: Remote execution of arbitrary code)

 A buffer overflow can be triggered in the URL parsing functions of the PECL HTTP extension. This allows overflowing a buffer with data originating from an arbitrary HTTP request.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker, through a specially crafted URI, could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All PECL HTTP users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-php/pecl-http-2.5.6'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-17

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 95603

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201612-17.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Published: 12/7/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:pecl-http, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 12/7/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5873

GLSA: 201612-17