PHP Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities - Jan15

Summary
This host is installed with PHP and is prone to denial of service and arbitrary code execution vulnerability.
Impact
Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. Impact Level: Application
Solution
Upgrade to PHP version 5.2.7 or later
Insight
The multiple flaws are due to - Improper validation of user supplied input passed to date_from_ISO8601() function in xmlrpc.c - including a timezone field in a date, leading to improper XML-RPC encoding.
Affected
PHP versions 5.2.x before 5.2.7
Detection
Get the installed version with the help of detect NVT and check the version is vulnerable or not.
References