Debian DSA-3198-1 : php5 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 81982

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the PHP language :

- CVE-2015-2301 Use-after-free in the phar extension.

- CVE-2015-2331 Emmanuel Law discovered an integer overflow in the processing of ZIP archives, resulting in denial of service or potentially the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the php5 packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 5.4.39-0+deb7u1. This update also fixes a regression in the curl support introduced in DSA 3195.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-2301

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-2331

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/php5

https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3198

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 81982

File Name: debian_DSA-3198.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/23/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:php5, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/20/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-2301, CVE-2015-2331, CVE-2015-2348, CVE-2015-2787

BID: 73037, 73182

DSA: 3198