Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : PHP vulnerability (USN-4166-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 130362

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4166-1 advisory.

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain paths when being used in FastCGI configurations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4166-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 130362

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4166-1.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/29/2019

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-11043

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-cgi, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-xml, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-gd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache2-mod-php7.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-fpm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-enchant, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-sybase, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-pspell, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-imap, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-phpdbg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-sqlite3, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-readline, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-intl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-soap, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache2-mod-php7.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-dba, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-interbase, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-bz2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-recode, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-curl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-cli, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-xsl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-json, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-odbc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-xsl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-snmp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-ldap, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-fpm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-ldap, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-mcrypt, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-tidy, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-mysql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-pspell, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-zip, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-opcache, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-odbc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-phpdbg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-sybase, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-xmlrpc, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-bz2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-enchant, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-readline, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libphp7.0-embed, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-snmp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-gmp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-dba, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-xml, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-cgi, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-gmp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-xmlrpc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-json, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-zip, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-cli, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-soap, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-imap, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-intl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-sqlite3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-recode, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-gd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-tidy, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-opcache, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.0-mysql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libphp7.2-embed, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-interbase, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-curl

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/28/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/28/2019

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 4/15/2022

Exploitable With

Metasploit (PHP-FPM Underflow RCE)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-11043

IAVA: 2019-A-0399-S

USN: 4166-1