Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-4107 - Numeric Errors vulnerability in PHP
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN Summary
The (1) rand and (2) mt_rand functions in PHP 5.2.6 do not produce cryptographically strong random numbers, which allows attackers to leverage exposures in products that rely on these functions for security-relevant functionality, as demonstrated by the password-reset functionality in Joomla! 1.5.x and WordPress before 2.6.2, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2107, CVE-2008-2108, and CVE-2008-4102.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_884FCED77F1C11DDA66A0019666436C2.NASL description The Wordpress development team reports : With open registration enabled, it is possible in WordPress versions 2.6.1 and earlier to craft a username such that it will allow resetting another users password to a randomly generated password. The randomly generated password is not disclosed to the attacker, so this problem by itself is annoying but not a security exploit. However, this attack coupled with a weakness in the random number seeding in mt_rand() could be used to predict the randomly generated password. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 34152 published 2008-09-10 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/34152 title FreeBSD : wordpress -- remote privilege escalation (884fced7-7f1c-11dd-a66a-0019666436c2) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database : # # Copyright 2003-2018 Jacques Vidrine and contributors # # Redistribution and use in source (VuXML) and 'compiled' forms (SGML, # HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification, # are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: # 1. Redistributions of source code (VuXML) must retain the above # copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following # disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified. # 2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs, # published online in any format, converted to PDF, PostScript, # RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above copyright # notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer # in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the # distribution. # # THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" # AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, # THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR # PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS # BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, # OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT # OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR # BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, # WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE # OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION, # EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(34152); script_version("1.21"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:39"); script_cve_id("CVE-2008-4106", "CVE-2008-4107"); script_bugtraq_id(31068); script_name(english:"FreeBSD : wordpress -- remote privilege escalation (884fced7-7f1c-11dd-a66a-0019666436c2)"); script_summary(english:"Checks for updated packages in pkg_info output"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "The Wordpress development team reports : With open registration enabled, it is possible in WordPress versions 2.6.1 and earlier to craft a username such that it will allow resetting another users password to a randomly generated password. The randomly generated password is not disclosed to the attacker, so this problem by itself is annoying but not a security exploit. However, this attack coupled with a weakness in the random number seeding in mt_rand() could be used to predict the randomly generated password." ); # http://wordpress.org/development/2008/09/wordpress-262/ script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://wordpress.org/news/2008/09/wordpress-262/" ); # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/884fced7-7f1c-11dd-a66a-0019666436c2.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?ab8080b7" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_cwe_id(20, 189); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:de-wordpress"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:wordpress"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:wordpress-mu"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:zh-wordpress"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2008/09/08"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/10/22"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/09/10"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("freebsd_package.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"wordpress<2.6.2")) flag++; if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"de-wordpress<2.6.2")) flag++; if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"wordpress-mu<2.6.2")) flag++; if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"zh-wordpress>0")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family CGI abuses NASL id PHP_5_2_5.NASL description According to its banner, the version of PHP installed on the remote host is older than 5.2.5. Such versions may be affected by various issues, including but not limited to several buffer overflows. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 28181 published 2007-11-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/28181 title PHP < 5.2.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(28181); script_version("1.20"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/24 18:56:10"); script_cve_id( "CVE-2007-3996", "CVE-2007-4782", "CVE-2007-4783", "CVE-2007-4784", "CVE-2007-4825", "CVE-2007-4840", "CVE-2007-4887", "CVE-2007-4889", "CVE-2007-5447", "CVE-2007-5653", "CVE-2007-5898", "CVE-2007-5899", "CVE-2007-5900", "CVE-2008-2107", "CVE-2008-2108", "CVE-2008-4107" ); script_bugtraq_id(26403, 69246); script_name(english:"PHP < 5.2.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities"); script_summary(english:"Checks version of PHP"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote web server uses a version of PHP that is affected by multiple flaws." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "According to its banner, the version of PHP installed on the remote host is older than 5.2.5. Such versions may be affected by various issues, including but not limited to several buffer overflows." ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_5.php"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade to PHP version 5.2.5 or later."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No exploit is required"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_cwe_id(20, 22, 78, 94, 189, 200, 264); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/11/12"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2007/09/10"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:php:php"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_family(english:"CGI abuses"); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_dependencies("php_version.nasl"); script_require_ports("Services/www", 80); script_require_keys("www/PHP"); exit(0); } include("global_settings.inc"); include("misc_func.inc"); include("http.inc"); include("audit.inc"); include("webapp_func.inc"); port = get_http_port(default:80, php:TRUE); php = get_php_from_kb( port : port, exit_on_fail : TRUE ); version = php["ver"]; source = php["src"]; backported = get_kb_item('www/php/'+port+'/'+version+'/backported'); if (report_paranoia < 2 && backported) audit(AUDIT_BACKPORT_SERVICE, port, "PHP "+version+" install"); if (version =~ "^5\.[01]\." || version =~ "^5\.2\.[0-4]($|[^0-9])" ) { if (report_verbosity > 0) { report = '\n Version source : '+source + '\n Installed version : '+version+ '\n Fixed version : 5.2.5\n'; security_warning(port:port, extra:report); } else security_warning(port); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_LISTEN_NOT_VULN, "PHP", port, version);
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2008-7902.NASL description http://wordpress.org/development/2008/09/wordpress-262/ Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 34181 published 2008-09-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/34181 title Fedora 9 : wordpress-2.6.2-1.fc9 (2008-7902) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2008-7902. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(34181); script_version ("1.15"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:28"); script_cve_id("CVE-2008-4106", "CVE-2008-4107"); script_bugtraq_id(31068, 31115); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2008-7902"); script_name(english:"Fedora 9 : wordpress-2.6.2-1.fc9 (2008-7902)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "http://wordpress.org/development/2008/09/wordpress-262/ Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); # http://wordpress.org/development/2008/09/wordpress-262/ script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://wordpress.org/news/2008/09/wordpress-262/" ); # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2008-September/014160.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?ec2c0b2d" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected wordpress package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_cwe_id(20, 189); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:wordpress"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:9"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/09/11"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/09/12"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora"); os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! ereg(pattern:"^9([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 9.x", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC9", reference:"wordpress-2.6.2-1.fc9")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "wordpress"); }
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2008-7760.NASL description http://wordpress.org/development/2008/09/wordpress-262/ Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 34173 published 2008-09-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/34173 title Fedora 8 : wordpress-2.6.2-1.fc8 (2008-7760) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2008-7760. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(34173); script_version ("1.15"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:28"); script_cve_id("CVE-2008-4106", "CVE-2008-4107"); script_bugtraq_id(31068, 31115); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2008-7760"); script_name(english:"Fedora 8 : wordpress-2.6.2-1.fc8 (2008-7760)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "http://wordpress.org/development/2008/09/wordpress-262/ Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); # http://wordpress.org/development/2008/09/wordpress-262/ script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://wordpress.org/news/2008/09/wordpress-262/" ); # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2008-September/014138.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?6c505827" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected wordpress package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_cwe_id(20, 189); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:wordpress"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:8"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/09/11"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/09/12"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora"); os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! ereg(pattern:"^8([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 8.x", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC8", reference:"wordpress-2.6.2-1.fc8")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "wordpress"); }
Statements
contributor | Joshua Bressers |
lastmodified | 2017-08-07 |
organization | Red Hat |
statement | The risks associated with fixing this bug are greater than the security risk. We therefore currently have no plans to fix this flaw in Red HatEnterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5. For more information please see our bug for this issue: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462772 |
References
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- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152830017099&w=2
- http://osvdb.org/48700
- http://osvdb.org/48700
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31737
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31737
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31870
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31870
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4271
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4271
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020869
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020869
- http://wordpress.org/development/2008/09/wordpress-262/
- http://wordpress.org/development/2008/09/wordpress-262/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/11/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/11/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496237/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496237/100/0/threaded
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- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496287/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31115
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31115
- http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-02.txt
- http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-02.txt
- http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-04.txt
- http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-04.txt
- http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-05.txt
- http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-05.txt
- http://www.suspekt.org/2008/08/17/mt_srand-and-not-so-random-numbers/
- http://www.suspekt.org/2008/08/17/mt_srand-and-not-so-random-numbers/
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2553
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2553
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45956
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45956
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00607.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00607.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00629.html
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