PHP 5.x < 5.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 31649
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Synopsis
The remote web server uses a version of PHP that is affected by multiple buffer overflows.Description
According to its banner, the version of PHP 5.x installed on the remote host is older than 5.2. Such versions may be affected by several buffer overflows.To exploit these issues, an attacker would need the ability to upload an arbitrary PHP script on the remote server or to manipulate several variables processed by some PHP functions such as 'htmlentities().'
Solution
Upgrade to PHP version 5.2.0 or later.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 31649
File Name: php_5_2_0.nasl
Version: 1.28
Type: remote
Family: CGI abuses
Published: 3/25/2008
Updated: 1/19/2021
Dependencies: php_version.nasl
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
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
Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Required KB Items: www/PHP
Exploit Ease: No exploit is required
Patch Publication Date: 11/2/2006
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/2/2006
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2006-4812, CVE-2006-4486, CVE-2006-5465, CVE-2006-4625, CVE-2007-0448, CVE-2007-5424, CVE-2006-5706, CVE-2007-1584, CVE-2006-1015, CVE-2006-1549, CVE-2006-2660, CVE-2006-7205, CVE-2007-1381, CVE-2007-1888, CVE-2007-2844