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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 17.10 / 18.04 LTS : PHP vulnerabilities (USN-3646-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 109812

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled opcache access controls when configured to use PHP-FPM. A local user could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information from another user's PHP applications. (CVE-2018-10545)

It was discovered that the PHP iconv stream filter incorrect handled certain invalid multibyte sequences. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PHP to hang, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2018-10546)

It was discovered that the PHP PHAR error pages incorrectly filtered certain data. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a reflected XSS attack. (CVE-2018-10547)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled LDAP. A malicious remote LDAP server could possibly use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-10548)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain exif tags in JPEG images. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 17.10, and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
(CVE-2018-10549).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3646-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 109812

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3646-1.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/15/2018

Updated: 5/11/2023

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache2-mod-php5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache2-mod-php7.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache2-mod-php7.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache2-mod-php7.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php5-cgi, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php5-cli, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php5-fpm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-cgi, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-cli, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-fpm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.1-cgi, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.1-cli, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.1-fpm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-cgi, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-cli, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-fpm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/29/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10545, CVE-2018-10546, CVE-2018-10547, CVE-2018-10548, CVE-2018-10549

USN: 3646-1