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RockyLinux 8 : php:7.4 (RLSA-2023:2903)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 280097

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2023:2903 advisory.

 * XKCP: buffer overflow in the SHA-3 reference implementation (CVE-2022-37454)

 * php: standard insecure cookie could be treated as a '__Host-' or '__Secure-' cookie by PHP applications (CVE-2022-31629)

 * php: OOB read due to insufficient input validation in imageloadfont() (CVE-2022-31630)

 * php: PDO::quote() may return unquoted string due to an integer overflow (CVE-2022-31631)

 * php: phar: infinite loop when decompressing quine gzip file (CVE-2022-31628)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2133687

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2133688

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2139280

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2140200

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2158791

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2023:2903

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1451700

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 280097

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2023-2903.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 12/27/2025

Updated: 12/27/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, 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-2017-8923

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 Score Source: CVE-2022-37454

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-bcmath-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-cli, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-mysqlnd, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-dba-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-pecl-xdebug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-pecl-zip-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:apcu-panel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-embedded, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-embedded-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-opcache, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-pear, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-pecl-xdebug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-gd, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-soap, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-xmlrpc, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-enchant, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-soap-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libzip-tools, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-fpm, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-dbg-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-snmp, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-xmlrpc-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-process, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-opcache-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-pdo-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-intl, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libzip-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-common, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-gd-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-json, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-cli-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libzip-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-dba, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-fpm-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-mysqlnd-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-json-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libzip-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-odbc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-pecl-zip-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libzip, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-mbstring-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-pecl-zip, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-ldap, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-pecl-xdebug-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-common-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-pgsql-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libzip-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-pecl-rrd, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-ffi, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-pecl-apcu-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-pecl-rrd-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-snmp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-dbg, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-ffi-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-xml, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-gmp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-pecl-apcu-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-pdo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-gmp, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-ldap-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-pecl-rrd-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-enchant-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-intl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-pecl-apcu, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-xml-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-odbc-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-process-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-pecl-apcu-devel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/27/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/12/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-8923, CVE-2022-31628, CVE-2022-31629, CVE-2022-31630, CVE-2022-31631, CVE-2022-37454