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PHP < 5.4.44, 5.5.x < 5.5.28, 5.6.x < 5.6.12, 7.x < 7.0.4 DoS and Information Disclosure Vulnerability - Linux

🗓️ 31 Aug 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AGType 
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PHP 'make_http_soap_request' DoS / Information Disclosure Vulnerability - Linux. Vulnerable versions: 5.4.44, 5.5.x before 5.5.28, 5.6.x before 5.6.12, 7.x before 7.0.4

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.808666");
  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:"2016-08-31 12:31:36 +0530 (Wed, 31 Aug 2016)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.4");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2016-12-01 03:09:00 +0000 (Thu, 01 Dec 2016)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-3185");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");

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

  script_name("PHP < 5.4.44, 5.5.x < 5.5.28, 5.6.x < 5.6.12, 7.x < 7.0.4 DoS and Information Disclosure Vulnerability - Linux");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 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 a denial of service (DoS) and an information
  disclosure vulnerability.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due an error in the 'make_http_soap_request'
  function of the 'ext/soap/php_http.c' script.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successfully exploiting this issue allow remote attackers to
  obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"PHP prior to version 5.4.44, 5.5.x prior to 5.5.28, 5.6.x
  prior to 5.6.12 and 7.x prior to 7.0.4.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 5.4.44, 5.5.28, 5.6.12, 7.0.4 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php");

  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(version: version, test_version: "5.4.44")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "5.4.44", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "5.5.0", test_version_up: "5.5.28")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "5.5.28", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "5.6.0", test_version_up: "5.6.12")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "5.6.12", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "7.0.0", test_version_up: "7.0.4")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "7.0.4", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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