Ubuntu 20.10 : PHP vulnerabilities (USN-4583-2)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 141936

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4583-2 advisory.

- In PHP versions 7.2.x below 7.2.34, 7.3.x below 7.3.23 and 7.4.x below 7.4.11, when AES-CCM mode is used with openssl_encrypt() function with 12 bytes IV, only first 7 bytes of the IV is actually used. This can lead to both decreased security and incorrect encryption data. (CVE-2020-7069)

- In PHP versions 7.2.x below 7.2.34, 7.3.x below 7.3.23 and 7.4.x below 7.4.11, when PHP is processing incoming HTTP cookie values, the cookie names are url-decoded. This may lead to cookies with prefixes like
__Host confused with cookies that decode to such prefix, thus leading to an attacker being able to forge cookie which is supposed to be secure. See also CVE-2020-8184 for more information. (CVE-2020-7070)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4583-2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 141936

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4583-2.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/27/2020

Updated: 2/13/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-7069

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache2-mod-php7.4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libphp7.4-embed, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-bz2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-cgi, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-mysql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-odbc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-opcache, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-phpdbg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-pspell, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-readline, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-snmp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-soap, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-sqlite3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-sybase, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-tidy, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-xml, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-xmlrpc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-xsl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-zip, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-cli, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-curl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-dba, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-enchant, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-fpm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-gd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-gmp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-imap, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-interbase, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-intl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-json, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-ldap, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-mbstring

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/27/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/2/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-7069, CVE-2020-7070

USN: 4583-2