Debian DSA-2527-1 : php5 - several vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 61520

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in PHP, the web scripting language. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following issues :

- CVE-2012-2688 A buffer overflow in the scandir() function could lead to denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.

- CVE-2012-3450 It was discovered that inconsistent parsing of PDO prepared statements could lead to denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade the php5 packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 5.3.3-7+squeeze14.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 61520

File Name: debian_DSA-2527.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 8/14/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:php5, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/13/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2688, CVE-2012-3450

BID: 54638, 54777

DSA: 2527

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