Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : PHP vulnerability (USN-5818-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 170413

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5818-1 advisory.

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or 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-5818-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 170413

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5818-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/23/2023

Updated: 8/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-31631

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-readline, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-gd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-bz2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-cli, 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:php8.1-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libphp8.1-embed, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-xmlrpc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-sqlite3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-gd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-fpm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-snmp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-dba, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-xml, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-phpdbg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-sybase, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-zip, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-cgi, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-readline, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-snmp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-intl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-opcache, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache2-mod-php7.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-zip, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-enchant, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-opcache, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-bz2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libphp7.4-embed, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-xsl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-pspell, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-gmp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-phpdbg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-curl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-ldap, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-fpm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-pgsql, 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:php8.1-tidy, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-bz2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-phpdbg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-ldap, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-zip, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-soap, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-imap, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-opcache, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-odbc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-dba, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-sybase, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-sqlite3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-common, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-json, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-odbc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-curl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-enchant, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache2-mod-php8.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-mysql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-ldap, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-odbc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-xsl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-cgi, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-soap, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-enchant, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-xsl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-snmp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-interbase, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-intl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-gmp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-fpm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-dba, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache2-mod-php8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache2-mod-php7.4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-xmlrpc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-sybase, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-readline, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-json, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-cli, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-mysql, 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:php7.4-pspell, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-imap, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-intl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-gmp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-interbase, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-sqlite3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-recode, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-tidy, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.4-tidy, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libphp7.2-embed, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-interbase, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-xml, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php7.2-curl

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/23/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/4/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-31631

USN: 5818-1