GLSA-201408-11 : PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201408-11 (PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PHP. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 A context-dependent attacker can cause arbitrary code execution, create a Denial of Service condition, read or write arbitrary files, impersonate other servers, hijack a web session, or have other unspecified impact.
 Additionally, a local attacker could gain escalated privileges.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All PHP 5.5 users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-lang/php-5.5.16' All PHP 5.4 users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-lang/php-5.4.32' All PHP 5.3 users should upgrade to the latest version. This release marks the end of life of the PHP 5.3 series. Future releases of this series are not planned. All PHP 5.3 users are encouraged to upgrade to the current stable version of PHP 5.5 or previous stable version of PHP 5.4, which are supported till at least 2016 and 2015 respectively.
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-lang/php-5.3.29'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201408-11

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 77455

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201408-11.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 8/30/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Temporal Vector: E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:php, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/29/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4718, CVE-2013-1635, CVE-2013-1643, CVE-2013-1824, CVE-2013-2110, CVE-2013-3735, CVE-2013-4113, CVE-2013-4248, CVE-2013-4635, CVE-2013-4636, CVE-2013-6420, CVE-2013-6712, CVE-2013-7226, CVE-2013-7327, CVE-2013-7345, CVE-2014-0185, CVE-2014-0237, CVE-2014-0238, CVE-2014-1943, CVE-2014-2270, CVE-2014-2497, CVE-2014-3597, CVE-2014-3981, CVE-2014-4049, CVE-2014-4670, CVE-2014-5120

BID: 58224, 58766, 60411, 60728, 60731, 61128, 61776, 61929, 62373, 64018, 64225, 65533, 65596, 65668, 66002, 66233, 66406, 67118, 67759, 67765, 67837, 68007, 68513, 69322, 69375

GLSA: 201408-11