PHP 5.6.x < 5.6.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (GHOST)

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PHP 5.6.x < 5.6.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (GHOST)

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PHP 5.6.x < 5.6.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (GHOST)

Description

According to its banner, the version of PHP 5.6.x installed on the remote host is prior to 5.6.6. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

- A heap-based buffer overflow flaw in the GNU C Library (glibc) due to improperly validating user-supplied input in the glibc functions __nss_hostname_digits_dots(), gethostbyname(), and gethostbyname2(). This allows a remote attacker to cause a buffer overflow, resulting in a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-0235)

- A use-after-free flaw exists in the function php_date_timezone_initialize_from_hash() within the 'ext/date/php_date.c' script. An attacker can exploit this to access sensitive information or crash applications linked to PHP. (CVE-2015-0273)

- An XML External Entity (XXE) flaw exists in the PHP-FPM component due to improper parsing of XML data. A remote attacker can exploit this, via specially crafted XML data, to disclose sensitive information or cause a denial of service. (CVE-2015-8866)

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