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PHP <= 5.6.27 / 7.0.x <= 7.0.12 DoS Vulnerability

🗓️ 29 Nov 2021 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AGType 
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PHP DoS Vulnerability through Version 5.6.27 and 7.0.x through 7.0.1

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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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.117802");
  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:"2021-11-29 12:51:55 +0000 (Mon, 29 Nov 2021)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2017-01-07 03:00:00 +0000 (Sat, 07 Jan 2017)");

  # nb: Referenced PHP bug id has two CVEs included, CVE-2016-9137 which was already fixed (and
  # covered in another set of VTs and CVE-2016-9138 (the one here) for which the affected / fixed
  # status is unclear.
  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-9138");

  # nb: Unclear affected / fixed versions so a low QoD was chosen.
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");

  script_name("PHP <= 5.6.27 / 7.0.x <= 7.0.12 DoS Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_dependencies("gb_php_consolidation.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("php/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"PHP is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"PHP mishandles property modification during __wakeup
  processing, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have
  unspecified other impact via crafted serialized data, as demonstrated by Exception::__toString
  with DateInterval::__wakeup.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"PHP versions through 5.6.27 and 7.0.x through 7.0.12.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"No known solution was made available for at least one year
  since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution
  options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or
  replace the product by another one.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73147");

  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_is_less_equal(version: version, test_version: "5.6.27") ||
    version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "7.0.0", test_version2: "7.0.12")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "None", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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