MiracleLinux 3 : php-5.1.6-27.5.0.2.AXS3 (AXSA:2012-178:02)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 284067

Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2012-178:02 advisory.

PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language. PHP attempts to make it easy for developers to write dynamically generated webpages. PHP also offers built-in database integration for several commercial and non-commercial database management systems, so writing a database-enabled webpage with PHP is fairly simple. The most common use of PHP coding is probably as a replacement for CGI scripts.
The php package contains the module which adds support for the PHP language to Apache HTTP Server.
Security issues fixed with this release:
CVE-2012-0830 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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 284067

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2012-178.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Miracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 1/14/2026

Updated: 1/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

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

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:php-mysql, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:php, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:php-xmlrpc, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:php-common, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:php-snmp, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:php-pdo, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:php-odbc, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:php-ldap, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:php-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:php-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:php-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:php-oci8, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:3, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:php-ncurses, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:php-imap, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:php-soap, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:php-cli, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:php-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:php-gd, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:php-dba, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:php-xml

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/MiracleLinux/release, Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/20/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/2/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0830

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