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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2015-5589

critical Nessus Plugin ID 218809

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - The phar_convert_to_other function in ext/phar/phar_object.c in PHP before 5.4.43, 5.5.x before 5.5.27, and 5.6.x before 5.6.11 does not validate a file pointer before a close operation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TAR archive that is mishandled in a Phar::convertToData call. (CVE-2015-5589)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-5589

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 218809

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2015_5589.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 8/18/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-5589

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-enchant, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-tidy, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-mysql, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-xmlrpc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-cli, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-intl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-fpm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-xml, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-xml, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-mysqlnd, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-zts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-soap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-intl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-dba, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-gd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-tidy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-mysqlnd, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-enchant, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-ldap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-xmlrpc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-gd, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-cli, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-embedded, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-imap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-fpm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-embedded, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-mysql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-recode, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-pspell, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-process, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-dba, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-ldap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-snmp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php53, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-recode, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-snmp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-odbc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-pspell, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-zts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-imap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php53, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-process, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-soap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-pgsql, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-odbc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-pdo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-pdo

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/13/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5589