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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 23.04 : PHP vulnerabilities (USN-6305-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 180103

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 23.04 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6305-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain XML files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2023-3823)

 It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain PHAR files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash, expose sensitive information or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-3824)

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-6305-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 180103

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6305-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/23/2023

Updated: 8/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-3824

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:php8.1-interbase, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-phpdbg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-readline, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-bz2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-cli, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-zip, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-enchant, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache2-mod-php8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache2-mod-php7.4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libphp8.1-embed, 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-odbc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-curl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-mysql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-pspell, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache2-mod-php8.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-ldap, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-imap, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-dba, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-gmp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-sybase, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-xsl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-cgi, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-soap, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-tidy, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php8.1-mbstring, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, 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:php8.1-xml

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: 8/23/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/3/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-3823, CVE-2023-3824

USN: 6305-1