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Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks --> Category: infos
[GLSA-200509-19] PHP: Vulnerabilities in included PCRE and XML-RPC libraries Vulnerability Scan
Vulnerability Scan Summary
PHP: Vulnerabilities in included PCRE and XML-RPC libraries
Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Test
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200509-19
(PHP: Vulnerabilities in included PCRE and XML-RPC libraries)
PHP makes use of a private copy of libpcre which is subject to an
integer overflow leading to a heap overflow (see GLSA 200508-17). It
also ships with an XML-RPC library affected by a script injection
vulnerability (see GLSA 200508-13).
Impact
A possible hacker could target a PHP-based web application that would
use untrusted data as regular expressions, potentially resulting in the
execution of arbitrary code. If web applications make use of the
XML-RPC library shipped with PHP, they are also vulnerable to remote
execution of arbitrary PHP code.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2491
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2498
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200508-13.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200508-17.xml
Solution:
All PHP users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose dev-php/php
All mod_php users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose dev-php/mod_php
All php-cgi users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose dev-php/php-cgi
Threat Level: Medium
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