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PHP 5.3.x < 5.3.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities

🗓️ 01 Oct 2010 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AGType 
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PHP 'phar_stream_flush' Format String Vulnerability. Vulnerability in PHP 'phar_stream_flush' allows attackers to obtain sensitive info and execute arbitrary code via crafted phar:// URI. Affected PHP versions: 5.3 - 5.3.3. Solution: Update to PHP 5.3.4 or later

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.902317");
  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:"2010-10-01 08:36:34 +0200 (Fri, 01 Oct 2010)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2010-2950", "CVE-2010-3436", "CVE-2010-4156");

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

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

  script_name("PHP 5.3.x < 5.3.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_php_consolidation.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("php/detected");

  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:

  - CVE-2010-2950: An error in 'stream.c' in the phar extension, which allows attackers to obtain
  sensitive information.

  - CVE-2010-3436: An error in 'open_wrappers.c', allow remote attackers to bypass open_basedir
  restrictions via vectors related to the length of a filename.

  - CVE-2010-4156: An error in 'mb_strcut()' function in 'Libmbfl', allows context-dependent
  attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information via a large value of the third parameter
  (aka the length parameter).");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation could allow attackers to obtain
  sensitive information and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted phar:// URI.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"PHP version 5.3.x through 5.3.3.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 5.3.4 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2950");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://php-security.org/2010/05/14/mops-2010-024-php-phar_stream_flush-format-string-vulnerability/index.html");

  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: "5.3.0", test_version2: "5.3.3")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "5.3.4", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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