Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : PHP vulnerabilities (USN-7645-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 242339

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7645-1 advisory.

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly parsed certain HTTP response headers. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause incorrect MIME type parsing which could result in unexpected behavior.
(CVE-2025-1217)

It was discovered that PHP did not properly validate certain HTTP headers. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform an HTTP request smuggling attack. (CVE-2025-1734)

It was discovered that PHP did not properly validate certain HTTP headers. An attacker could possibly use this issue to prevent certain headers from being sent which could result in a denial of service or other unexpected behavior. (CVE-2025-1736)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly performed URL truncation. An attacker could possibly use this issue to specially craft a URL that would result in unintended redirections or a denial of service.
(CVE-2025-1861)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7645-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 242339

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7645-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/18/2025

Updated: 7/18/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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-2025-1861

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.9

Threat Score: 2.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-interbase, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-json, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-pspell, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-sqlite3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-sybase, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-sqlite3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-snmp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-xml, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-dba, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-fpm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-tidy, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-gd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-opcache, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-imap, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-bz2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-recode, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-ldap, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-xmlrpc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-intl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-interbase, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-cgi, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-enchant, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-readline, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-cli, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-curl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-cgi, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache2-mod-php7.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-fpm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-mysql, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libphp7.0-embed, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-xml, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-tidy, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libphp7.2-embed, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-bz2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-soap, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-recode, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache2-mod-php7.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-phpdbg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-gmp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-phpdbg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-curl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-xsl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-odbc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-odbc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-json, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-mysql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-cli, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-ldap, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-enchant, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-opcache, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-dba, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-soap, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-mcrypt, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-readline, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-xmlrpc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-imap, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-gd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-pspell, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-intl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-sybase, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-snmp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-gmp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-xsl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-zip, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-zip

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/17/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/12/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-1217, CVE-2025-1734, CVE-2025-1736, CVE-2025-1861

USN: 7645-1