SuSE 11.2 Security Update : PHP5 (SAT Patch Number 5958)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 58615

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update of PHP5 fixes multiple security flaws :

- missing checks of return values could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference). (CVE-2011-4153)

- specially crafted XSLT stylesheets could allow remote attackers to create arbitrary files with arbitrary content. (CVE-2012-0057)

- a stack-based buffer overflow in php5's Suhosin extension could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string that is used in a Set-Cookie HTTP header. (CVE-2012-0807)

- temporary changes to the magic_quotes_gpc directive during the importing of environment variables is not properly performed which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct SQL injections. (CVE-2012-0831)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 5958.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=741520

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=741859

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=743308

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=746661

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=749111

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4153.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0057.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0807.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0831.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 58615

File Name: suse_11_apache2-mod_php53-120309.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/6/2012

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:apache2-mod_php53, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53-bz2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53-calendar, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53-ctype, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53-curl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53-dba, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53-dom, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53-exif, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53-fastcgi, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53-fileinfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53-ftp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53-gd, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53-gettext, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53-gmp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53-iconv, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53-intl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53-json, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53-ldap, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53-mcrypt, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53-mysql, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53-odbc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53-openssl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53-pcntl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53-pdo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53-pear, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53-pspell, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53-shmop, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53-snmp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53-soap, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53-suhosin, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53-sysvmsg, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53-sysvsem, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53-sysvshm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53-tokenizer, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53-wddx, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53-xmlreader, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53-xmlrpc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53-xmlwriter, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53-xsl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53-zip, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:php53-zlib, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/9/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4153, CVE-2012-0057, CVE-2012-0807, CVE-2012-0831