AlmaLinux 8 : php:7.4 (ALSA-2022:7628)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 167429

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2022:7628 advisory.

* php: Special character breaks path in xml parsing (CVE-2021-21707)
* php: Use after free due to php_filter_float() failing for ints (CVE-2021-21708)
* php-pear: Directory traversal vulnerability (CVE-2021-32610)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2022-7628.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 167429

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2022-7628.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 11/14/2022

Updated: 1/13/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2021-21708

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:alma:linux:php-enchant, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-gd, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-snmp, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-process, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-common, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-cli, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libzip-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libzip-tools, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-pdo, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-pecl-apcu-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-dbg, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-ffi, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-gmp, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-ldap, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-dba, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-json, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-pecl-zip, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-pear, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-mysqlnd, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-odbc, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-xml, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-intl, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-embedded, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-xmlrpc, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-soap, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:apcu-panel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-pecl-rrd, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-pecl-apcu, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-pecl-xdebug, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libzip, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-opcache, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-fpm

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/8/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-21707, CVE-2021-21708, CVE-2021-32610

CWE: 20, 22, 416

IAVA: 2021-A-0566-S