Oracle Linux 4 : php (ELSA-2007-0349)

high Nessus Plugin ID 67497

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2007:0349 :

Updated PHP packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language commonly used with the Apache HTTP Web server.

A heap buffer overflow flaw was found in the PHP 'xmlrpc' extension. A PHP script which implements an XML-RPC server using this extension could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code as the 'apache' user. Note that this flaw does not affect PHP applications using the pure-PHP XML_RPC class provided in /usr/share/pear.
(CVE-2007-1864)

A flaw was found in the PHP 'ftp' extension. If a PHP script used this extension to provide access to a private FTP server, and passed untrusted script input directly to any function provided by this extension, a remote attacker would be able to send arbitrary FTP commands to the server. (CVE-2007-2509)

Users of PHP should upgrade to these updated packages which contain backported patches to correct these issues.

Solution

Update the affected php packages.

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2007-May/000128.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 67497

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2007-0349.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-domxml, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-gd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-imap, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-ldap, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-mysql, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-ncurses, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-odbc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-pear, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-snmp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-xmlrpc, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:4

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/9/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/8/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-1864, CVE-2007-2509

BID: 23813

CWE: 119, 20

RHSA: 2007:0349