PHP 5.6.x < 5.6.10 Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Synopsis

PHP 5.6.x < 5.6.10 Multiple Vulnerabilities

Description

According to its banner, the version of PHP 5.6.x running on the remote web server is prior to 5.6.10. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

 - Multiple heap buffer overflow conditions exist in the bundled Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library due to improper validation of user-supplied input to the compile_branch() and pcre_compile2() functions. A remote attacker can exploit these conditions to cause a heap-based buffer overflow, resulting in a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-2325, CVE-2015-2326)

 - A denial of service vulnerability exists in the bundled SQLite component due to improper handling of quotes in collation sequence names. A remote attacker can exploit this to cause uninitialized memory access, resulting in denial of service condition. (CVE-2015-3414)

 - A denial of service vulnerability exists in the bundled SQLite component due to an improper implementation of comparison operators in the sqlite3VdbeExec() function in vdbe.c. A remote attacker can exploit this to cause an invalid free operation, resulting in a denial of service condition. (CVE-2015-3415)

 - A denial of service vulnerability exists in the bundled SQLite component due to improper handling of precision and width values during floating-point conversions in the sqlite3VXPrintf() function in printf.c. A remote attacker can exploit this to cause a stack-based buffer overflow, resulting in a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-3416)

 - A security bypass vulnerability exists due to a failure in multiple extensions to check for NULL bytes in a path when processing or reading a file. A remote attacker can exploit this, by combining the '\\0' character with a safe file extension, to bypass access restrictions. (CVE-2015-4598)

 - An arbitrary command injection vulnerability exists due to a flaw in the php_escape_shell_arg() function in exec.c. A remote attacker can exploit this, via the escapeshellarg() PHP method, to inject arbitrary operating system commands. (CVE-2015-4642)

 - A heap buffer overflow condition exists in the ftp_genlist() function in ftp.c. due to improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-4643) - A denial of service vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference flaw in the build_tablename() function in pgsql.c. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause an application crash. (CVE-2015-4644)

Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to PHP version 5.6.10 or later.

See Also

http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.6.10

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 98802

Type: remote

Published: 1/9/2019

Updated: 10/7/2021

Scan Template: scan, pci, api

Risk Information

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-4642

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/14/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/14/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-2325, CVE-2015-2326, CVE-2015-3414, CVE-2015-3415, CVE-2015-3416, CVE-2015-4598, CVE-2015-4642, CVE-2015-4643, CVE-2015-4644