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Oracle Linux 9 : php (ELSA-2026-2799)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 299350

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-2799 advisory.

 - Fix Heap buffer overflow in array_merge() CVE-2025-14178

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-2799.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 299350

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-2799.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/18/2026

Updated: 2/18/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-14178

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Threat Score: 2.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-14177

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-gd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-odbc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-process, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-xml, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-intl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-mysqlnd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-ldap, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-ffi, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-gmp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-fpm, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-enchant, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-dbg, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-opcache, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-snmp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-pdo, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-soap, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-embedded, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-cli, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-dba, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/17/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/17/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-14177, CVE-2025-14178

IAVA: 2026-A-0020