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PHP < 5.5.36, 5.6.x < 5.6.22, 7.x < 7.0.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Aug 2016) - Linux

🗓️ 17 Aug 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AGType 
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PHP Multiple Vulnerabilities - 04 (Aug 2016) - Linux. PHP is prone to multiple vulnerabilities. Exploiting this issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact. Affected versions: PHP versions prior to 5.5.36, 5.6.x before 5.6.22, and 7.x before 7.0.7 on Linux. Update to PHP version 5.5.36, or 5.6.22, or 7.0.7, or later

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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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.808794");
  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:"2016-08-17 13:52:04 +0530 (Wed, 17 Aug 2016)");
  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:L/I:L/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2018-01-05 02:30:00 +0000 (Fri, 05 Jan 2018)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2013-7456", "CVE-2016-5093");

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

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

  script_name("PHP < 5.5.36, 5.6.x < 5.6.22, 7.x < 7.0.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Aug 2016) - 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 multiple vulnerabilities.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The following flaws exist:

  - The 'get_icu_value_internal' function in 'ext/intl/locale/locale_methods.c' script does not
  ensure the presence of a '\0' character.

  - The 'gd_interpolation.c' script in the GD Graphics Library mishandled by the imagescale
  function.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successfully exploiting these issues allow remote attackers to
  cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"PHP prior to version 5.5.36, 5.6.x prior to 5.6.22 and 7.x
  prior to 7.0.7 on Linux.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 5.5.36, 5.6.22, 7.0.7 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90946");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90859");
  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: "5.5.36")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "5.5.36", 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: "5.6.22")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "5.6.22", 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: "7.0.7")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "7.0.7", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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24 Sep 2025 00:00Current
9.6Critical risk
Vulners AI Score9.6
CVSS 27.5
CVSS 38.6
EPSS0.05487
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