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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-7071

medium Nessus Plugin ID 230251

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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 versions 7.3.x below 7.3.26, 7.4.x below 7.4.14 and 8.0.0, when validating URL with functions like filter_var($url, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL), PHP will accept an URL with invalid password as valid URL. This may lead to functions that rely on URL being valid to mis-parse the URL and produce wrong data as components of the URL. (CVE-2020-7071)

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-2020-7071

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 230251

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2020_7071.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 8/20/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-7071

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-ldap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-pspell, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-embedded, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-soap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-fpm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-xmlrpc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-mysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-xml, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-dba, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-cli, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-gd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-enchant, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-recode, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-pspell, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-embedded, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-xml, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-recode, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-gd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-mysqlnd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-ldap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-snmp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-snmp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-odbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-xmlrpc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-mysql, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-odbc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-pdo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-intl, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-cli, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-dba, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-soap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-process, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-intl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-mysqlnd, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-fpm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-pdo, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-enchant, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-process

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: 1/4/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-7071