Debian DSA-1578-1 : php4 - several vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 32379

Synopsis

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

Description

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in PHP version 4, a server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

- CVE-2007-3799 The session_start function allows remote attackers to insert arbitrary attributes into the session cookie via special characters in a cookie that is obtained from various parameters.

- CVE-2007-3806 A denial of service was possible through a malicious script abusing the glob() function.

- CVE-2007-3998 Certain maliciously constructed input to the wordwrap() function could lead to a denial of service attack.

- CVE-2007-4657 Large len values of the stspn() or strcspn() functions could allow an attacker to trigger integer overflows to expose memory or cause denial of service.

- CVE-2008-2051 The escapeshellcmd API function could be attacked via incomplete multibyte chars.

Solution

Upgrade the php4 package.

For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 6:4.4.4-8+etch6.

The php4 packages are no longer present the unstable distribution (sid).

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-3799

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-3806

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-3998

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-4657

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-2051

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1578

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 32379

File Name: debian_DSA-1578.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/19/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:php4, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-3799, CVE-2007-3806, CVE-2007-3998, CVE-2007-4657, CVE-2008-2051

CWE: 119, 189, 20, 399

DSA: 1578