Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-4900

medium Nessus Plugin ID 260232

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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.

- A vulnerability was found in PHP where setting the environment variable PHP_CLI_SERVER_WORKERS to a large value leads to a heap buffer overflow. (CVE-2022-4900)

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

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 260232

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2022_4900.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 9/1/2025

Updated: 9/14/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-4900

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/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, 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, 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: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: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-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-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, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, 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: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: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, 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: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-dbg, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-soap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-pgsql, 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/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/21/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-4900

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