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Amazon Linux 2 : php (ALASPHP8.0-2023-007)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 181384

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of php installed on the remote host is prior to 8.0.16-1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2PHP8.0-2023-007 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

Run 'yum update php' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALASPHP8.0-2023-007.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-21708.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 181384

File Name: al2_ALASPHP8_0-2023-007.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/13/2023

Updated: 9/14/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, 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: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-cli, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-dba, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-dbg, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-embedded, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-enchant, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-fpm, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-gd, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-gmp, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-intl, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-ldap, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-mysqlnd, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-odbc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-opcache, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-pdo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-process, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-pspell, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-snmp, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-soap, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-sodium, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-xml, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-bcmath

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/21/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/27/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-21708