Alpine: php: security update to 5.5.13-r1 (deprecated)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 401204

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- Heap-based buffer overflow in the php_parserr function in ext/standard/dns.c in PHP 5.6.0beta4 and earlier
allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a
crafted DNS TXT record, related to the dns_get_record function. (CVE-2014-4049)

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 401204

Version: Revision 1.27

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.04

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-4049

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/23/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/11/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-4049

BID: 68007

IAVB: 2014-B-0086-S

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