Oracle Linux 7 : php (ELSA-2018-0406)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 107204

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2018:0406 :

An update for php is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language commonly used with the Apache HTTP Server.

Security Fix(es) :

* php: Buffer over-read from uninitialized data in gdImageCreateFromGifCtx function (CVE-2017-7890)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

Update the affected php packages.

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2018-March/007558.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 107204

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2018-0406.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/8/2018

Updated: 9/27/2019

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-cli, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-dba, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-embedded, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-enchant, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-fpm, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-gd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-intl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-ldap, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-mysql, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-mysqlnd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-odbc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-pdo, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-process, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-pspell, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-recode, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-snmp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-soap, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-xml, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-xmlrpc, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Patch Publication Date: 3/7/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/2/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7890

RHSA: 2018:0406