Detections
Analytics
PHP 5.3.x < 5.3.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 5242
Synopsis
The remote web server uses a version of PHP that is vulnerable to multiple attack vectors.Description
According to its banner, the version of PHP 5.3.x installed on the remote host is earlier than 5.3.1. Such versions are potentially affected by multiple 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.
- Calling 'popen()' with an invalid mode can cause a crash.
- A safe_mode restriction-bypass vulnerability because environment variables specified for 'proc_open' are passed without checking them.
Solution
Upgrade to PHP version 5.3.1 or later.See Also
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.3.1
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 5242
Family: Web Servers
Published: 11/25/2009
Updated: 3/6/2019
Nessus ID: 42862
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.9
Percentile: 57.12
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.3
Temporal Score: 6.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:php:php
Patch Publication Date: 11/19/2009
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/19/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-3557, CVE-2009-3559, CVE-2009-4017, CVE-2009-4018, CVE-2010-1128