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SUSE SLES15: apache2-mod_php7 / php7 / php7-bcmath / php7-bz2 / php7-calendar / etc (SUSE-SU-2023:3541-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 180540

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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-2023:3541-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2023-3823: Fixed an issue with external entity loading in XML without enabling it. (bsc#1214106)
 - CVE-2023-3824: Fixed a buffer overflow in phar_dir_read(). (bsc#1214103)

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/1214103

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1214106

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3823

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3824

http://www.nessus.org/u?d38e20a9

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 180540

File Name: suse_SU-2023-3541-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/6/2023

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: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-3824

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-iconv, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-cli, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-fpm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-curl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-zlib, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-tokenizer, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-xmlreader, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-ctype, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-fileinfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-posix, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-snmp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-sqlite, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-sysvmsg, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-xsl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:apache2-mod_php7, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-dba, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-readline, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-odbc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-exif, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-mysql, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-enchant, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-opcache, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-pdo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-shmop, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-sysvshm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-bz2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-dom, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-tidy, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-sysvsem, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-gettext, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-ldap, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-calendar, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-intl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-json, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-sodium, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-phar, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-xmlwriter, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-embed, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-pcntl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-xmlrpc, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-gd, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-sockets, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-gmp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-fastcgi, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-openssl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-zip, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-soap, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:php7-ftp

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: 9/5/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/3/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-3823, CVE-2023-3824

IAVA: 2023-A-0423-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:3541-1