Detections
Analytics
PHP 4.x < 4.4.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities
high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 4620
Synopsis
The remote web server uses a version of PHP that is affected by multiple issues.Description
According to its banner, the version of PHP 4.x installed on the remote host is older than 4.4.9. Such versions address several security issues, including :- An update of PCRE to version 7.7.
- An overflow in memnstr().
- A crash in imageloadfont when an invalid font is given.
- An open_basedir handling issue in the curl extension.
- 'mbstring.func_overload' set in '.htaccess' becomes global. Note that the release announcement states this will be the last release for the PHP 4.4 series.
Solution
Upgrade to version 4.4.9 or higher.See Also
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/08/2
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-4.php#4.4.9
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 4620
Family: Web Servers
Published: 8/11/2008
Updated: 3/6/2019
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.3
Temporal Score: 6.4
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:php:php
Patch Publication Date: 8/7/2008
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/1/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-4850, CVE-2008-0674, CVE-2008-2050, CVE-2008-2051, CVE-2008-3658, CVE-2008-3659, CVE-2008-3660