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PHP 5.3 < 5.3.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 48245
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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 5.3 installed on the remote host is older than 5.3.3. Such versions may be affected by several security issues :- An error exists when processing invalid XML-RPC requests that can lead to a NULL pointer dereference. (bug #51288) (CVE-2010-0397)
- An error exists in the function 'shm_put_var' that is related to resource destruction.
- An error exists in the function 'fnmatch' that can lead to stack exhaustion. (CVE-2010-1917)
- A memory corruption error exists related to call-time pass by reference and callbacks.
- The dechunking filter is vulnerable to buffer overflow.
- An error exists in the sqlite extension that could allow arbitrary memory access.
- An error exists in the 'phar' extension related to string format validation.
- The functions 'mysqlnd_list_fields' and 'mysqlnd_change_user' are vulnerable to buffer overflow.
- The Mysqlnd extension is vulnerable to buffer overflow attack when handling error packets.
- The following functions are not properly protected against function interruptions :
addcslashes, chunk_split, html_entity_decode, iconv_mime_decode, iconv_substr, iconv_mime_encode, htmlentities, htmlspecialchars, str_getcsv, http_build_query, strpbrk, strtr, str_pad, str_word_count, wordwrap, strtok, setcookie, strip_tags, trim, ltrim, rtrim, substr_replace, parse_str, pack, unpack, uasort, preg_match, strrchr (CVE-2010-1860, CVE-2010-1862, CVE-2010-1864, CVE-2010-2097, CVE-2010-2100, CVE-2010-2101, CVE-2010-2190, CVE-2010-2191, CVE-2010-2484)
- The following opcodes are not properly protected against function interruptions :
ZEND_CONCAT, ZEND_ASSIGN_CONCAT, ZEND_FETCH_RW, XOR (CVE-2010-2191)
- The default session serializer contains an error that can be exploited when assigning session variables having user defined names. Arbitrary serialized values can be injected into sessions by including the PS_UNDEF_MARKER, '!', character in variable names.
- A use-after-free error exists in the function 'spl_object_storage_attach'. (CVE-2010-2225)
- An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the function 'var_export' when handling certain error conditions. (CVE-2010-2531)
Solution
Upgrade to PHP version 5.3.3 or later.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 48245
File Name: php_5_3_3.nasl
Version: 1.22
Type: remote
Family: CGI abuses
Published: 8/4/2010
Updated: 4/11/2022
Configuration: Enable thorough checks
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 7.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-1581
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:php:php
Required KB Items: www/PHP
Exploit Ease: No exploit is required
Patch Publication Date: 7/22/2010
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/27/2010
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-1581, CVE-2010-0397, CVE-2010-1860, CVE-2010-1862, CVE-2010-1864, CVE-2010-1917, CVE-2010-2097, CVE-2010-2100, CVE-2010-2101, CVE-2010-2190, CVE-2010-2191, CVE-2010-2225, CVE-2010-2484, CVE-2010-2531, CVE-2010-3062, CVE-2010-3063, CVE-2010-3064, CVE-2010-3065