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MiracleLinux 7 : php-5.4.16-42.el7 (AXSA:2016-1118:03)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 289343
Synopsis
The remote MiracleLinux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote MiracleLinux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2016-1118:03 advisory.PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language. PHP attempts to make it easy for developers to write dynamically generated web pages. 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 (often referred to as mod_php) which adds support for the PHP language to Apache HTTP Server.
Security issues fixed with this release:
CVE-2016-5399
** RESERVED ** This candidate has been reserved by an organization or individual that will use it when announcing a new security problem. When the candidate has been publicized, the details for this candidate will be provided.
CVE-2016-5766 Integer overflow in the _gd2GetHeader function in gd_gd2.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) before 2.2.3, as used in PHP before 5.5.37, 5.6.x before 5.6.23, and 7.x before 7.0.8, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted chunk dimensions in an image.
CVE-2016-5767 Integer overflow in the gdImageCreate function in gd.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) before 2.0.34RC1, as used in PHP before 5.5.37, 5.6.x before 5.6.23, and 7.x before 7.0.8, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image dimensions.
CVE-2016-5768 Double free vulnerability in the _php_mb_regex_ereg_replace_exec function in php_mbregex.c in the mbstring extension in PHP before 5.5.37, 5.6.x before 5.6.23, and 7.x before 7.0.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) by leveraging a callback exception.
Additional Changes:
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 289343
File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2016-1118.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Published: 1/16/2026
Updated: 1/16/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
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-2016-5768
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-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:php-pdo, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:php-recode, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:php-mysql, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:php-xml, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:php, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:php-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:php-gd, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:php-common, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:php-soap, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:php-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:php-process, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:php-xmlrpc, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:php-ldap, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:php-cli, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:php-odbc
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MiracleLinux/release, Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/29/2016
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/23/2016
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2016-5399, CVE-2016-5766, CVE-2016-5767, CVE-2016-5768