PHP 5.3 < 5.3.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 42862

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 5.3 installed on the remote host is older than 5.3.1. Such versions may be affected by several security issues :

- Sanity checks are missing in exif processing.

- It is possible to bypass the 'safe_mode' configuration setting using 'tempnam()'.

- It is possible to bypass the 'open_basedir' configuration setting using 'posix_mkfifo()'.

- The 'safe_mode_include_dir' configuration setting may be ignored. (Bug #50063)

- Calling 'popen()' with an invalid mode can cause a crash under Windows. (Bug #44683)

- Provided file uploading is enabled (it is by default), an attacker can upload files using a POST request with 'multipart/form-data' content even if the target script doesn't actually support file uploads per se. By supplying a large number (15,000+) of files, an attacker could cause the web server to stop responding while it processes the file list.

- 'proc_open()' can bypass 'safe_mode_protected_env_vars'.
(Bug #49026)

- An unspecified vulnerability affects the LCG entropy.

Solution

Upgrade to PHP version 5.3.1 or later.

See Also

https://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507982/30/0/threaded

http://www.php.net/releases/5_3_1.php

http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.3.1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 42862

File Name: php_5_3_1.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 11/20/2009

Updated: 5/28/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:php:php

Required KB Items: www/PHP

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 11/19/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3557, CVE-2009-3559, CVE-2009-4017, CVE-2009-4018, CVE-2010-1128

BID: 36554, 36555, 37079, 37138

CWE: 264

SECUNIA: 37412