Vulnerabilities > CVE-2010-3294 - Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in Pecl-PHP Alternative PHP Cache

047910
CVSS 0.0 - NONE
Attack vector
UNKNOWN
Attack complexity
UNKNOWN
Privileges required
UNKNOWN
Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN
Integrity impact
UNKNOWN
Availability impact
UNKNOWN

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in apc.php in the Alternative PHP Cache (APC) extension before 3.1.4 for PHP allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Cross Site Scripting through Log Files
    An attacker may leverage a system weakness where logs are susceptible to log injection to insert scripts into the system's logs. If these logs are later viewed by an administrator through a thin administrative interface and the log data is not properly HTML encoded before being written to the page, the attackers' scripts stored in the log will be executed in the administrative interface with potentially serious consequences. This attack pattern is really a combination of two other attack patterns: log injection and stored cross site scripting.
  • Embedding Scripts in Non-Script Elements
    This attack is a form of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) where malicious scripts are embedded in elements that are not expected to host scripts such as image tags (<img>), comments in XML documents (< !-CDATA->), etc. These tags may not be subject to the same input validation, output validation, and other content filtering and checking routines, so this can create an opportunity for an attacker to tunnel through the application's elements and launch a XSS attack through other elements. As with all remote attacks, it is important to differentiate the ability to launch an attack (such as probing an internal network for unpatched servers) and the ability of the remote attacker to collect and interpret the output of said attack.
  • Embedding Scripts within Scripts
    An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities that are brought on by allowing remote hosts to execute scripts. The attacker leverages this capability to execute scripts to execute his/her own script by embedding it within other scripts that the target software is likely to execute. The attacker must have the ability to inject script into script that is likely to be executed. If this is done, then the attacker can potentially launch a variety of probes and attacks against the web server's local environment, in many cases the so-called DMZ, back end resources the web server can communicate with, and other hosts. With the proliferation of intermediaries, such as Web App Firewalls, network devices, and even printers having JVMs and Web servers, there are many locales where an attacker can inject malicious scripts. Since this attack pattern defines scripts within scripts, there are likely privileges to execute said attack on the host. Of course, these attacks are not solely limited to the server side, client side scripts like Ajax and client side JavaScript can contain malicious scripts as well. In general all that is required is for there to be sufficient privileges to execute a script, but not protected against writing.
  • Cross-Site Scripting in Error Pages
    An attacker distributes a link (or possibly some other query structure) with a request to a third party web server that is malformed and also contains a block of exploit code in order to have the exploit become live code in the resulting error page. When the third party web server receives the crafted request and notes the error it then creates an error message that echoes the malformed message, including the exploit. Doing this converts the exploit portion of the message into to valid language elements that are executed by the viewing browser. When a victim executes the query provided by the attacker the infected error message error message is returned including the exploit code which then runs in the victim's browser. XSS can result in execution of code as well as data leakage (e.g. session cookies can be sent to the attacker). This type of attack is especially dangerous since the exploit appears to come from the third party web server, who the victim may trust and hence be more vulnerable to deception.
  • Cross-Site Scripting Using Alternate Syntax
    The attacker uses alternate forms of keywords or commands that result in the same action as the primary form but which may not be caught by filters. For example, many keywords are processed in a case insensitive manner. If the site's web filtering algorithm does not convert all tags into a consistent case before the comparison with forbidden keywords it is possible to bypass filters (e.g., incomplete black lists) by using an alternate case structure. For example, the "script" tag using the alternate forms of "Script" or "ScRiPt" may bypass filters where "script" is the only form tested. Other variants using different syntax representations are also possible as well as using pollution meta-characters or entities that are eventually ignored by the rendering engine. The attack can result in the execution of otherwise prohibited functionality.

Nessus

  • NASL familyCentOS Local Security Checks
    NASL idCENTOS_RHSA-2012-0811.NASL
    descriptionUpdated php-pecl-apc packages that fix one security issue, several bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. The php-pecl-apc packages contain APC (Alternative PHP Cache), the framework for caching and optimization of intermediate PHP code. A cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in the
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id59922
    published2012-07-11
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/59922
    titleCentOS 6 : php-pecl-apc (CESA-2012:0811)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2012:0811 and 
    # CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2012:0811 respectively.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(59922);
      script_version("1.8");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/01/07");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2010-3294");
      script_bugtraq_id(43218);
      script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2012:0811");
    
      script_name(english:"CentOS 6 : php-pecl-apc (CESA-2012:0811)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "Updated php-pecl-apc packages that fix one security issue, several
    bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat
    Enterprise Linux 6.
    
    The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low
    security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base
    score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the
    CVE link in the References section.
    
    The php-pecl-apc packages contain APC (Alternative PHP Cache), the
    framework for caching and optimization of intermediate PHP code.
    
    A cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in the 'apc.php' script,
    which provides a detailed analysis of the internal workings of APC and
    is shipped as part of the APC extension documentation. A remote
    attacker could possibly use this flaw to conduct a cross-site
    scripting attack. (CVE-2010-3294)
    
    Note: The administrative script is not deployed upon package
    installation. It must manually be copied to the web root (the default
    is '/var/www/html/', for example).
    
    In addition, the php-pecl-apc packages have been upgraded to upstream
    version 3.1.9, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements
    over the previous version. (BZ#662655)
    
    All users of php-pecl-apc are advised to upgrade to these updated
    packages, which fix these issues and add these enhancements. If the
    'apc.php' script was previously deployed in the web root, it must
    manually be re-deployed to replace the vulnerable version to resolve
    this issue."
      );
      # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2012-July/018713.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?899c2147"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected php-pecl-apc packages."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2010-3294");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-pecl-apc");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-pecl-apc-devel");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:6");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2010/09/24");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/07/10");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/07/11");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"CentOS Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/CentOS/release", "Host/CentOS/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/CentOS/release");
    if (isnull(release) || "CentOS" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS");
    os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "CentOS(?: Linux)? release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
    if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "CentOS");
    os_ver = os_ver[1];
    if (! preg(pattern:"^6([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS 6.x", "CentOS " + os_ver);
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/CentOS/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, "CentOS", cpu);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-6", reference:"php-pecl-apc-3.1.9-2.el6")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-6", reference:"php-pecl-apc-devel-3.1.9-2.el6")) flag++;
    
    
    if (flag)
    {
      security_report_v4(
        port       : 0,
        severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
        extra      : rpm_report_get()
      );
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "php-pecl-apc / php-pecl-apc-devel");
    }
    
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2010-15004.NASL
    descriptionUpstream Changelog for Version 3.1.4 - API 3.1.0 (beta) - Renamed the memory protection configure option to --enable-apc-memprotect (Kalle, Shire) - ZTS fixes and optimizations (Kalle, Felipe) - Added support for interned strings, run-time caches and Zend Engine 2.4 (Dmitry) - Added apc_exists() (Rasmus) - Fixed potential XSS in apc.php (Pierre, Matt Chapman) - Fixed pecl bug #17597 (keys with embedded NUL) (Gopal) - Fixed pecl bug #17650 (Fix goto jump offsets) (Gopal) - Fixed pecl bug #17527 (Standardized error reporting) (Gopal, Paul Dragoonis) - Fixed pecl bug #17089 (Scrub the constant table of all inherited members before caching) (Gopal) - Fixed pecl bug #16860 (files can be included more than once even when include/require_once are used) (Pierre) - Fixed pecl bug #16717 (apc_fetch dies after 1 hour, regardless of ttl settings) (Kalle) - Fixed pecl bug #17597 (apc user cache keys with embedded NULs) (Gopal) - Fixed pecl bug #13583 (apc upload progress fixes) (Gopal) Improves default configuration file provided. 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 seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id49722
    published2010-10-06
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/49722
    titleFedora 12 : php-pecl-apc-3.1.4-2.fc12 (2010-15004)
    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 2010-15004.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(49722);
      script_version("1.10");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:31");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2010-3294");
      script_bugtraq_id(43218);
      script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2010-15004");
    
      script_name(english:"Fedora 12 : php-pecl-apc-3.1.4-2.fc12 (2010-15004)");
      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:
    "Upstream Changelog for Version 3.1.4 - API 3.1.0 (beta)
    
      - Renamed the memory protection configure option to
        --enable-apc-memprotect (Kalle, Shire)
    
        - ZTS fixes and optimizations (Kalle, Felipe)
    
        - Added support for interned strings, run-time caches
          and Zend Engine 2.4 (Dmitry)
    
        - Added apc_exists() (Rasmus)
    
        - Fixed potential XSS in apc.php (Pierre, Matt Chapman)
    
        - Fixed pecl bug #17597 (keys with embedded NUL) (Gopal)
    
        - Fixed pecl bug #17650 (Fix goto jump offsets) (Gopal)
    
        - Fixed pecl bug #17527 (Standardized error reporting)
          (Gopal, Paul Dragoonis)
    
        - Fixed pecl bug #17089 (Scrub the constant table of all
          inherited members before caching) (Gopal)
    
        - Fixed pecl bug #16860 (files can be included more than
          once even when include/require_once are used) (Pierre)
    
        - Fixed pecl bug #16717 (apc_fetch dies after 1 hour,
          regardless of ttl settings) (Kalle)
    
        - Fixed pecl bug #17597 (apc user cache keys with
          embedded NULs) (Gopal)
    
        - Fixed pecl bug #13583 (apc upload progress fixes)
          (Gopal)
    
    Improves default configuration file provided.
    
    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."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=634334"
      );
      # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-September/048630.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?c2b5a281"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected php-pecl-apc package."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
      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_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:php-pecl-apc");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:12");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2010/09/21");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2010/10/06");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 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:"^12([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 12.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:"FC12", reference:"php-pecl-apc-3.1.4-2.fc12")) 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, "php-pecl-apc");
    }
    
  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2012-0811.NASL
    descriptionUpdated php-pecl-apc packages that fix one security issue, several bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. The php-pecl-apc packages contain APC (Alternative PHP Cache), the framework for caching and optimization of intermediate PHP code. A cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in the
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id59587
    published2012-06-20
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/59587
    titleRHEL 6 : php-pecl-apc (RHSA-2012:0811)
  • NASL familyOracle Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idORACLELINUX_ELSA-2012-0811.NASL
    descriptionFrom Red Hat Security Advisory 2012:0811 : Updated php-pecl-apc packages that fix one security issue, several bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. The php-pecl-apc packages contain APC (Alternative PHP Cache), the framework for caching and optimization of intermediate PHP code. A cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in the
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id68551
    published2013-07-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/68551
    titleOracle Linux 6 : php-pecl-apc (ELSA-2012-0811)
  • NASL familyScientific Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idSL_20120620_PHP_PECL_APC_ON_SL6_X.NASL
    descriptionThe php-pecl-apc packages contain APC (Alternative PHP Cache), the framework for caching and optimization of intermediate PHP code. A cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in the
    last seen2020-03-18
    modified2012-08-01
    plugin id61346
    published2012-08-01
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/61346
    titleScientific Linux Security Update : php-pecl-apc on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120620)
  • NASL familyAmazon Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idALA_ALAS-2012-96.NASL
    descriptionA cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in the
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id69703
    published2013-09-04
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/69703
    titleAmazon Linux AMI : php-pecl-apc (ALAS-2012-96)

Redhat

advisories
bugzilla
id634334
titleCVE-2010-3294 php-pecl-apc: potential XSS in apc.php
oval
OR
  • commentRed Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
    ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20070304026
  • AND
    • commentRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is installed
      ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20111656003
    • OR
      • AND
        • commentphp-pecl-apc-devel is earlier than 0:3.1.9-2.el6
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20120811001
        • commentphp-pecl-apc-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20120811002
      • AND
        • commentphp-pecl-apc is earlier than 0:3.1.9-2.el6
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20120811003
        • commentphp-pecl-apc is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20120811004
rhsa
idRHSA-2012:0811
released2012-06-19
severityLow
titleRHSA-2012:0811: php-pecl-apc security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Low)
rpms
  • php-pecl-apc-0:3.1.9-2.el6
  • php-pecl-apc-debuginfo-0:3.1.9-2.el6
  • php-pecl-apc-devel-0:3.1.9-2.el6