PHP < 5.2.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 32123
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Synopsis
The remote web server uses a version of PHP that is affected by multiple flaws.Description
According to its banner, the version of PHP installed on the remote host is older than 5.2.6. Such versions may be affected by the following issues :- A stack-based buffer overflow in FastCGI SAPI.
- An integer overflow in printf().
- An security issue arising from improper calculation of the length of PATH_TRANSLATED in cgi_main.c.
- A safe_mode bypass in cURL.
- Incomplete handling of multibyte chars inside escapeshellcmd().
- Issues in the bundled PCRE fixed by version 7.6.
Solution
Upgrade to PHP version 5.2.6 or later.See Also
http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_6.php
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2008/Mar/285
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 32123
File Name: php_5_2_6.nasl
Version: 1.29
Type: remote
Family: CGI abuses
Published: 5/2/2008
Updated: 1/19/2021
Dependencies: php_version.nasl
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
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
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-2051, CVE-2007-6039, CVE-2007-4850, CVE-2008-0599, CVE-2008-2050, CVE-2008-1384