RHEL 2.1 : php (RHSA-2007:0154)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 25067

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated PHP packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1.

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 denial of service flaw was found in the way PHP processed a deeply nested array. A remote attacker could cause the PHP interpreter to crash by submitting an input variable with a deeply nested array.
(CVE-2007-1285)

A flaw was found in the way PHP's unserialize() function processes data. If a remote attacker is able to pass arbitrary data to PHP's unserialize() function, it may be possible for them to execute arbitrary code as the apache user. (CVE-2007-1286)

A double free flaw was found in PHP's session_decode() function. If a remote attacker is able to pass arbitrary data to PHP's session_decode() function, it may be possible for them to execute arbitrary code as the apache user. (CVE-2007-1711)

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-1285

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-1286

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-1711

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0154

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 25067

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2007-0154.nasl

Version: 1.26

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/19/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-imap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-ldap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-manual, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-mysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-odbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-pgsql, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/16/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/6/2007

Exploitable With

Metasploit (PHP 4 unserialize() ZVAL Reference Counter Overflow (Cookie))

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-1285, CVE-2007-1286, CVE-2007-1711

BID: 22764, 22765

RHSA: 2007:0154