Rocky Linux 9 [CIQ] Security Update: php / php-bcmath / php-bcmath-debuginfo / php-cli / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2022_8197)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 357984

Synopsis

The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2022_8197 advisory.

* php: Use after free due to php_filter_float() failing for ints (CVE-2021-21708)

* php: Uninitialized array in pg_query_params() leading to RCE (CVE-2022-31625)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ 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 based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2022_8197.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8197

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2055879

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2095447

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2095752

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2098521

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2104630

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2022:8197

http://www.nessus.org/u?b140cccb

http://www.nessus.org/u?e3034209

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 357984

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_9_crlsa-2022_8197.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 97.07

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-31625

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-2021-21708

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/OS/extended-third-party, Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/14/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-21708, CVE-2022-31625