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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : PHP vulnerabilities (USN-5300-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 158273

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5300-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain scripts. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2015-9253, CVE-2017-8923, CVE-2017-9118, CVE-2017-9120)

 It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2017-9119)

 It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain scripts with XML parsing functions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2021-21707)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5300-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 158273

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5300-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/23/2022

Updated: 8/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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-2017-9120

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/22/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/12/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-9253, CVE-2017-8923, CVE-2017-9118, CVE-2017-9119, CVE-2017-9120, CVE-2021-21707

IAVA: 2021-A-0566-S

IAVB: 2017-B-0060-S

USN: 5300-1