Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-0568

high Nessus Plugin ID 226416

Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

- In PHP 8.0.X before 8.0.28, 8.1.X before 8.1.16 and 8.2.X before 8.2.3, core path resolution function allocate buffer one byte too small. When resolving paths with lengths close to system MAXPATHLEN setting, this may lead to the byte after the allocated buffer being overwritten with NUL value, which might lead to unauthorized data access or modification. (CVE-2023-0568)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2023-0568

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-0568

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 226416

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2023_0568.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 9/1/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-json, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libzip-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-enchant, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-pecl-rrd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-fpm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-mysqlnd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-xml, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apcu-panel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-xml, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-gd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-mysqlnd, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-enchant, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:apcu-panel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-ffi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-pear, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-json, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-dbg, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-intl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-xmlrpc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-cli, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-pecl-xdebug3, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-pecl-zip, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-cli, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-embedded, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-fpm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-soap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libzip-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libzip-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libzip-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-intl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-dba, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-ldap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-gd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-pecl-apcu-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-xmlrpc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-pecl-apcu, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-pecl-apcu, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-snmp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-gmp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-pecl-apcu-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libzip, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-ldap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-dba, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-pecl-rrd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-gmp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-pecl-xdebug3, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-recode, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-process, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libzip, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-embedded, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-odbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-recode, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-snmp, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-dbg, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-soap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-ffi, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-pear, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-opcache, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-pecl-xdebug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-process, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-odbc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-pecl-xdebug, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-pecl-zip, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-opcache, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-pdo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-pdo

Required KB Items: Host/OS/identifier, Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/14/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-0568