Alpine: php: security update to 5.3.9-r1 (deprecated)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 401229

Description

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

- The php_register_variable_ex function in php_variables.c in PHP 5.3.9 allows remote attackers to execute
arbitrary code via a request containing a large number of variables, related to improper handling of array
variables. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2011-4885. (CVE-2012-0830)

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 401229

Version: Revision 1.23

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: 6.9

Percentile: 97.35

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-0830

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/3/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/2/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0830

BID: 51830

IAVB: 2012-B-0014-S

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