PHP < 5.2.10 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Log Correlation Engine Plugin ID 801077

Synopsis

The remote web server uses a version of PHP that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

According to its banner, the version of PHP installed on the remote host is earlier than 5.2.10. Such versions are reportedly affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

- A restriction-bypass vulnerability could allow the execution of arbitrary commands when 'safe_mode' is enabled 'safe_mode_exec_dir' is not set. This issue only affects PHP on Windows. (bug 45997)

- A denial of service vulnerability is triggered when an application processes a 'JPEG' image file through a call to the 'exif_read_data()' function. (bug 48378).

Solution

Upgrade to PHP version 5.2.10 or later.

See Also

http://.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.10

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 801077

Family: Web Servers

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2687

BID: 35435, 35440