Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades.
http://www.php.net/releases/5_3_4.php
http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_15.php
http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/c623f058-10e7-11e0-becc-0022156e8794.html
Insight
The following packages are affected:
php5-filter
php52-filter
CVE-2010-3710
Stack consumption vulnerability in the filter_var function in PHP 5.2.x through 5.2.14 and 5.3.x through 5.3.3, when FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL mode is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a long e-mail address string.
Severity
Classification
-
CVE CVE-2010-3710 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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