Detections
Analytics
PHP 5.2.x < 5.2.12 Multiple Vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 5281
Synopsis
The remote web server uses a version of PHP that is vulnerable to multiple attack vectors.Description
According to its banner, the version of PHP 5.2.x installed on the remote host is earlier than 5.2.12. Such versions are potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities :- A safe_mode bypass in tempnam(). (CVE-2009-3557)
- An open_basedir bypass in posix_mkfifo(). (CVE-2009-3558)
- A possible denial-of-service via temporary file exhaustion caused by a failure to limit the number of file uploads per request. (CVE-2009-4017)
- An arbitrary code execution vulnerability in the 'session.save_path()' function and the '$_SESSION' data structure. (CVE-2009-4143)
- A cross-site scripting vulnerability becuase the 'htmlspecialcharacters()' function fails to properly handle some malformed multibyte character sequences.
Solution
Upgrade to PHP version 5.2.12 or later.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?57f2d08f
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 5281
Family: Web Servers
Published: 12/18/2009
Updated: 3/6/2019
Nessus ID: 43351
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.8
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.8
Temporal Score: 4.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:php:php
Patch Publication Date: 12/17/2009
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/17/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-3557, CVE-2009-3558, CVE-2009-4017, CVE-2009-4142, CVE-2009-4143