FreeBSD : php-mbstring -- php mbstring buffer overflow vulnerability (a2074ac6-124c-11de-a964-0030843d3802)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 35939

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

SecurityFocus reports :

PHP is prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability because it fails to perform boundary checks before copying user-supplied data to insufficiently sized memory buffers. The issue affects the 'mbstring' extension included in the standard distribution.

An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary machine code in the context of the affected webserver. Failed exploit attempts will likely crash the webserver, denying service to legitimate users.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 35939

File Name: freebsd_pkg_a2074ac6124c11dea9640030843d3802.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 3/17/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:php4-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:php5-mbstring, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/16/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/21/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-5557

BID: 32948

CWE: 119

Detections

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