Summary
The remote host is missing an update to php
announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:090.
Solution
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2009:090
Insight
A vulnerability has been found and corrected in PHP:
The JSON_parser function (ext/json/JSON_parser.c) in PHP 5.2.x before 5.2.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a malformed string to the json_decode API function (CVE-2009-1271).
The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues.
Affected: 2008.1, 2009.0
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-1271 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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