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SUSE SLES15: apache2-mod_php8 / php8 / php8-bcmath / php8-bz2 / php8-calendar / etc (SUSE-SU-2023:0527-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 171934

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:0527-1 advisory.

 php8 was updated to version 8.0.28:

 - CVE-2023-0568: Fixed NULL byte off-by-one in php_check_specific_open_basedir (bnc#1208366).
 - CVE-2023-0662: Fixed DoS vulnerability when parsing multipart request body (bnc#1208367).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1208366

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1208367

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-0568

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-0662

http://www.nessus.org/u?56ad6a75

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 171934

File Name: suse_SU-2023-0527-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/27/2023

Updated: 6/26/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-0568

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-mysql, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-embed, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-iconv, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-sqlite, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-sysvmsg, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-soap, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-fastcgi, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-shmop, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-phar, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-test, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-xmlreader, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-exif, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-posix, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-dba, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-gettext, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-bz2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-ftp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-fpm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-zlib, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-pcntl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-sockets, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-intl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-tidy, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-xsl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-cli, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-opcache, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-pdo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-ldap, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-odbc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-zip, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-gd, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-fileinfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-enchant, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-curl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-openssl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-readline, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-sodium, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-sysvsem, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-calendar, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-sysvshm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-gmp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:apache2-mod_php8, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-ctype, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-snmp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-dom, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-xmlwriter, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php8-tokenizer

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/27/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/14/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-0568, CVE-2023-0662

IAVA: 2023-A-0105-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:0527-1