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php4/5 Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for version of PHP

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is running a version of PHP which is older than 5.0.3 or
4.3.10.

The remote version of this software is vulnerable to various security
issues which may, under certain circumstances, to execute arbitrary code
on the remote host, provided that we can pass arbitrary data to some
functions, or to bypass safe_mode.

See also : http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.0.3
Solution : Upgrade to PHP 5.0.3 or 4.3.10
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 11964, 11981, 11992, 12045

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