Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0147: php:7.4 (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0147)

high Nessus Plugin ID 236440

Synopsis

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2022:0147 advisory.

Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

CVE-2021-21703:
In PHP versions 7.3.x up to and including 7.3.31, 7.4.x below 7.4.25 and 8.0.x below 8.0.12, when running PHP FPM SAPI with main FPM daemon process running as root and child worker processes running as lower- privileged users, it is possible for the child processes to access memory shared with the main process and write to it, modifying it in a way that would cause the root process to conduct invalid memory reads and writes, which can be used to escalate privileges from local unprivileged user to the root user.

CVE-2021-21705:
In PHP versions 7.3.x below 7.3.29, 7.4.x below 7.4.21 and 8.0.x below 8.0.8, when using URL validation functionality via filter_var() function with FILTER_VALIDATE_URL parameter, an URL with invalid password field can be accepted as valid. This can lead to the code incorrectly parsing the URL and potentially leading to other security implications - like contacting a wrong server or making a wrong access decision.

CVE-2022-31626:
In PHP versions 7.4.x below 7.4.30, 8.0.x below 8.0.20, and 8.1.x below 8.1.7, when pdo_mysql extension with mysqlnd driver, if the third party is allowed to supply host to connect to and the password for the connection, password of excessive length can trigger a buffer overflow in PHP, which can lead to a remote code execution vulnerability.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Alibaba Cloud Linux 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

http://mirrors.aliyun.com/alinux/3/cve/alinux3-sa-20220147.xml

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 236440

File Name: alinux3_sa_2022-0147.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 5/14/2025

Updated: 5/14/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-21703

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-31626

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-snmp, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-bcmath-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-enchant, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-ldap-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-pdo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-enchant-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-opcache, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-devel, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-pdo-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-gmp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-mysqlnd, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-dbg, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-pgsql-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-gd-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-cli, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-mbstring-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-process, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-ldap, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-odbc-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-gmp, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-soap-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-json, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-dba, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-odbc, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-gd, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-intl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-xml-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-xmlrpc-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-snmp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-cli-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-embedded, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-embedded-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-dbg-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-xmlrpc, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-fpm-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-mysqlnd-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-json-debuginfo, cpe:/o:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-common, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-fpm, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-opcache-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-process-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-soap, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-common-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-intl, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-xml, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-dba-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-ffi, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:php-ffi-debuginfo

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/19/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/28/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-21703, CVE-2021-21705, CVE-2022-31626