Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 : PHP vulnerability (USN-6199-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 177910

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 22.10 / 23.04 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6199-1 advisory.

- The vulnerability exists due to a missing error check and insufficient random bytes in HTTP Digest authentication for SOAP. A remote attacker can perform a brute-force attack and bypass authentication process. (CVE-2023-3247)

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-6199-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 177910

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6199-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/3/2023

Updated: 10/20/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-3247

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache2-mod-php7.4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache2-mod-php8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache2-mod-php8.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libphp7.4-embed, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libphp8.1-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, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-bz2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-cgi, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-cli, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-sybase, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-tidy, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-xml, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-xsl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-zip, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-curl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-dba, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-enchant, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-fpm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-gd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-gmp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-imap, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-interbase, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-intl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-ldap, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-mysql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-odbc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-opcache, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-phpdbg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-pspell, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-readline, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-snmp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-soap, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-sqlite3

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/3/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/29/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-3247

USN: 6199-1