RockyLinux 9 : php (RLSA-2026:2799)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 299968

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:2799 advisory.

* php: heap-based buffer overflow in array_merge() (CVE-2025-14178)

* php: PHP: Information disclosure via getimagesize() function when reading multi-chunk images (CVE-2025-14177)

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://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:2799

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2425625

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2425626

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 299968

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-2799.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 2/25/2026

Updated: 2/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, 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:rocky:linux:php-cli, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-dba, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-common-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-opcache, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-opcache-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-pdo-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-odbc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-mysqlnd-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-xml-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-gd, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-soap-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-pgsql-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-dbg-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-intl, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-ldap, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-ffi, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-gmp, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-enchant, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-fpm, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-snmp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-bcmath-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-mysqlnd, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-process, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-ffi-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-intl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-embedded-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-dba-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-soap, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-pdo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-ldap-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-embedded, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-gd-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-fpm-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-dbg, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-gmp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-cli-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-xml, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-enchant-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-odbc-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-snmp, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-common, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-mbstring-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:php-process-debuginfo

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/24/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/17/2025

Reference Information

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