The remote host is missing an update to php5 announced via advisory USN-462-1.
A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04
This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.
Details follow:
A flaw was discovered in the FTP command handler in PHP. Commands were not correctly filtered for control characters. An attacker could issue arbitrary FTP commands using specially crafted arguments. (CVE-2007-2509)
Ilia Alshanetsky discovered a buffer overflow in the SOAP request handler in PHP. Remote attackers could send a specially crafted SOAP request and execute arbitrary code with web server privileges. (CVE-2007-2510)
Ilia Alshanetsky discovered a buffer overflow in the user filter factory in PHP. A local attacker could create a specially crafted script and execute arbitrary code with web server privileges. (CVE-2007-2511)
Gregory Beaver discovered that the PEAR installer did not validate installation paths. If a user were tricked into installing a malicious PEAR package, an attacker could overwrite arbitrary files. (CVE-2007-2519)
Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: