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PHP 5.4.x < 5.4.35 'donote' DoS

🗓️ 14 Nov 2014 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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The remote web server is running PHP 5.4.x < 5.4.35, which is affected by a denial of service vulnerability in the 'donote' function

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(79246);
  script_version("1.7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/05/26");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2014-3710");
  script_bugtraq_id(70807);

  script_name(english:"PHP 5.4.x < 5.4.35 'donote' DoS");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote web server uses a version of PHP that is affected by a
denial of service vulnerability.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to its banner, the version of PHP 5.4.x installed on the
remote host is prior to 5.4.35. It is, therefore, affected by an
out-of-bounds read error in the function 'donote' within the file
'ext/fileinfo/libmagic/readelf.c' that could allow application
crashes.

Note that Nessus has not attempted to exploit these issues but has
instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.4.35");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68283");
  # https://github.com/file/file/commit/39c7ac1106be844a5296d3eb5971946cc09ffda0
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?6f0615b4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to PHP version 5.4.35 or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2014-3710");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2014/11/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/11/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/11/14");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:php:php");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"thorough_tests", value:"true");
  
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"CGI abuses");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("php_version.nasl");
  script_require_keys("www/PHP");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);

  exit(0);
}

include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("http.inc");
include("webapp_func.inc");

port = get_http_port(default:80, php:TRUE);

php = get_php_from_kb(
  port : port,
  exit_on_fail : TRUE
);

version = php["ver"];
source = php["src"];

backported = get_kb_item('www/php/'+port+'/'+version+'/backported');

if (report_paranoia < 2 && backported) audit(AUDIT_BACKPORT_SERVICE, port, "PHP "+version+" install");

# Check that it is the correct version of PHP
if (version =~ "^5(\.4)?$") audit(AUDIT_VER_NOT_GRANULAR, "PHP", port, version);
if (version !~ "^5\.4\.") audit(AUDIT_NOT_DETECT, "PHP version 5.4.x", port);

if (version =~ "^5\.4\.([0-9]|[12][0-9]|3[0-4])($|[^0-9])")
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0)
  {
    report =
      '\n  Version source    : '+source +
      '\n  Installed version : '+version +
      '\n  Fixed version     : 5.4.35' +
      '\n';
    security_warning(port:port, extra:report);
  }
  else security_warning(port);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_LISTEN_NOT_VULN, "PHP", port, version);

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