PHP 5.3.x <= 5.3.10 'libc/regcomp' Multiple Vulnerabilities - BSD
🗓️ 22 Nov 2021 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2011-3336 | 4 Nov 201100:00 | – | circl | |
| CVE-2011-3336 | 12 Feb 202019:32 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2011-3336 | 12 Feb 202019:32 | – | cvelist | |
| Libc - 'regcomp()' Stack Exhaustion Denial of Service | 4 Nov 201100:00 | – | exploitdb | |
| CVE-2011-3336 | 12 Feb 202020:15 | – | nvd | |
| BSD libc/regcomp(3) Memory Management / Recursion | 4 Nov 201100:00 | – | packetstorm | |
| OS X / Safari / Firefox REGEX Denial Of Service | 14 Mar 201400:00 | – | packetstorm | |
| Stack overflow | 12 Feb 202020:15 | – | prion | |
| CVE-2011-3336 | 22 May 202506:08 | – | redhatcve | |
| MacOSX Safari Firefox Kaspersky RegExp Remote/Local Denial of Service | 18 Mar 201400:00 | – | securityvulns |
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:php:php";
if (description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.117789");
script_version("2025-09-24T05:39:03+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-24 05:39:03 +0000 (Wed, 24 Sep 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-11-22 14:38:04 +0000 (Mon, 22 Nov 2021)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2020-02-18 19:49:00 +0000 (Tue, 18 Feb 2020)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2011-3336");
# nb: Unclear affected / fixed versions so a low QoD was chosen. Seems to also only affect BSD*.
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("PHP 5.3.x <= 5.3.10 'libc/regcomp' Multiple Vulnerabilities - BSD");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_dependencies("gb_php_consolidation.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("php/detected", "Host/runs_unixoide");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"PHP is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The regcomp in the BSD implementation of libc as used in PHP
is vulnerable to a denial of service (DoS) due to stack exhaustion.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"PHP versions 5.3.x through 5.3.10 are known to be
affected.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please contact the vendor for possible updates.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2012030272");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2011110082");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://web.archive.org/web/20210121215917/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50541");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
exit(0);
if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
exit(0);
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "5.3", test_version2: "5.3.10")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "Contact vendor", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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