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PHP 5.5.x < 5.5.10 Multiple Vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Plugin ID 72882
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Synopsis
The remote web server uses a version of PHP that is potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities.Description
According to its banner, the version of PHP 5.5.x installed on the remote host is a version prior to 5.5.10. It is, therefore, potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities :- An error exists related to the Fileinfo extension and the bundled libmagic library that could allow denial of service attacks. (CVE-2014-1943)
- An error exists related to the Fileinfo extension and the process of analyzing Portable Executable (PE) format files that could allow denial of service attacks or possibly arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2014-2270)
- The fix for CVE-2013-7327 was incomplete and NULL pointers can still be dereferenced. (Bug #66815)
Note that this plugin does not attempt to exploit these issues, but instead relies only on PHP's self-reported version number.
Solution
Upgrade to PHP version 5.5.10 or later.See Also
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.5.10
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66731
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 72882
File Name: php_5_5_10.nasl
Version: 1.14
Type: remote
Family: CGI abuses
Published: 3/7/2014
Updated: 5/26/2025
Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-1943
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:php:php
Required KB Items: www/PHP
Exploit Ease: No exploit is required
Patch Publication Date: 3/6/2014
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/20/2013
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2014-1943, CVE-2014-2270