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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : PHP vulnerability (USN-5303-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 158454

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 21.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5303-1 advisory.

 - In PHP versions 7.4.x below 7.4.28, 8.0.x below 8.0.16, and 8.1.x below 8.1.3, when using filter functions with FILTER_VALIDATE_FLOAT filter and min/max limits, if the filter fails, there is a possibility to trigger use of allocated memory after free, which can result it crashes, and potentially in overwrite of other memory chunks and RCE. This issue affects: code that uses FILTER_VALIDATE_FLOAT with min/max limits.
 (CVE-2021-21708)

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-5303-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 158454

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5303-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/28/2022

Updated: 10/23/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-21708

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, 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-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, 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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/28/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/27/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-21708

USN: 5303-1