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PHP 5.5.x < 5.5.18 Denial Of Service

low Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 8557

Synopsis

The remote web server uses a version of PHP that is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack.

Description

Versions of PHP 5.5 prior to 5.5.18 are vulnerable to a vulnerability which can allow a remote attacker to render the service unavailable. Specifically, the unserialize() function fails to properly parse user-supplied input.

Solution

Upgrade to version 5.5.18 or higher

See Also

https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68044

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 8557

Family: Web Servers

Published: 10/17/2014

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:php:php

Patch Publication Date: 10/16/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/16/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3669

BID: 70611