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PHP 5.5.x < 5.5.38 / 5.6.x < 5.6.24 / 7.0.x < 7.0.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 9460

Synopsis

The remote web server uses a version of PHP that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

Versions of PHP 5.5.x prior to 5.5.38, or 5.6.x prior to 5.6.24, or 7.0.x prior to 7.0.9 are vulnerable to the following issues :

 - A NULL pointer dereference flaw within the '_gdScaleVert()' function inside of 'ext/gd/libgd/gd_interpolation.c' is triggered during the handling of '_gdContributionsCalc' return values. This may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service in a process linked against PHP.
 - A flaw related to missing protection against 'RFC 3875 section 4.1.18' namespace conflicts is triggered when handling requests containing 'Proxy' HTTP headers. These may be stored in the 'HTTP_PROXY' environment variable also commonly used to configure an outbound HTTP proxy for applications. With a specially crafted request, a remote attacker can specify an arbitrary HTTP proxy server to be used by applications relying on the HTTP_PROXY environment variable. (CVE-2016-5385)
 - An out-of-bounds read flaw within the 'gdImageScaleBilinearPalette()' function inside of 'gd_interpolation.c' is triggered when handling transparent colors. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to crash a process linked against the library or potentially disclose memory contents.
 - A flaw within the 'gdImageScaleTwoPass()' function inside of 'gd_interpolation.c' is triggered as certain input is not properly validated. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to crash a process linked against the library. (CVE-2016-6207)
 - A use-after-free error within 'ext/snmp/snmp.c' is triggered during the unserialization of user-supplied input when handling garbage collection. This may allow a remote attacker to dereference already freed memory and potentially execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-6295)
 - An out-of-bounds read flaw within the 'uloc_acceptLanguageFromHTTP()' function inside of 'common/uloc.cpp' may allow a remote attacker to crash a program using the language or potentially disclose memory contents. (CVE-2016-6293, CVE-2016-6294)
 - A use-after-free error within 'ext/session/session.c' is triggered during the handling of 'var_hash destruction'. This may allow a remote attacker to dereference already freed memory and potentially execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-6290)
 - An out-of-bounds read flaw within the 'exif_process_IFD_in_MAKERNOTE()' function inside of 'ext/exif/exif.c' may allow a remote attacker to crash a program using the language or potentially disclose memory contents. (CVE-2016-6291)
 - An overflow condition within the 'php_bz2iop_read()' function inside of 'ext/bz2/bz2.c' is triggered as error conditions are not properly handled. With a specially crafted request, a remote attacker can cause a buffer overflow and potentially execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5399)
 - An overflow condition within the 'mdecrypt_generic()' function inside of 'ext/mcrypt/mcrypt.c' is triggered as user-supplied input is not properly validated. This may allow a remote attacker to cause a heap-based buffer overflow, crashing a program using the language or potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code.
 - A NULL pointer dereference flaw within the 'exif_process_user_comment()' function inside of 'ext/exif/exif.c' may allow a remote attacker to crash a program using the language. (CVE-2016-6292)
 - A flaw within the 'curl_unescape()' function inside of 'ext/curl/interface.c' is triggered during the handling of string lengths. This may allow a remote attacker to trigger heap corruption and crash a program using the language.
 - An overflow condition within the 'mcrypt_generic()' function inside of 'ext/mcrypt/mcrypt.c' is triggered as user-supplied input is not properly validated. This may allow a remote attacker to cause a heap-based buffer overflow, resulting in a denial of service or potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code.
 - An integer overflow condition within the 'php_stream_zip_opener()' function inside of 'ext/zip/zip_stream.c' is triggered as user-supplied input is not properly validated when handling zip streams. This may allow a remote attacker to cause a stack-based buffer overflow, crashing a program using the language or potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-6297)
 - An integer overflow condition within the 'virtual_file_ex()' function inside of 'Zend/zend_virtual_cwd.c' is triggered as user-supplied input is not properly validated when handling variables. This may allow a remote attacker to cause a stack-based buffer overflow, crashing a program using the language or potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-6289)
 - An overflow condition within the 'simplestring_addn()' function inside of 'simplestring.c.' is triggered as user-supplied input is not properly validated. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to cause a heap-based buffer overflow, resulting in a denial of service in a process linked against the library or potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-6296)
 - A NULL write flaw within the 'gdImageColorTransparent()' function inside of 'gd.c' is triggered during the handling of negative transparent colors. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to disclose memory.
 - An overflow condition within the 'php_url_prase_ex()' function inside of 'ext/standard/url.c' is triggered as user-supplied input is not properly validated. This may allow a remote attacker to cause a buffer overflow, potentially resulting in a denial of service in a process utilizing the language. (CVE-2016-6288)

Solution

Upgrade to PHP version 7.0.9 or later. If 7.x cannot be obtained, 5.6.24 and 5.5.38 are also patched for these vulnerabilities.

See Also

http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.6.24

http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php#7.0.9

http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.5.38

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 9460

Family: Web Servers

Published: 8/5/2016

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 92556

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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: 7

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:X/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:php:php

Patch Publication Date: 7/21/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/19/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5385, CVE-2016-5399, CVE-2016-6207, CVE-2016-6288, CVE-2016-6289, CVE-2016-6290, CVE-2016-6291, CVE-2016-6292, CVE-2016-6293, CVE-2016-6294, CVE-2016-6295, CVE-2016-6296, CVE-2016-6297

BID: 92111, 92127