Amazon Linux 2 : php (ALASPHP8.1-2023-003)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 181390

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of php installed on the remote host is prior to 8.1.14-1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2PHP8.1-2023-003 advisory.

- php: PDO::quote() may return unquoted string due to an integer overflow (CVE-2022-31631)

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

Solution

Run 'yum update php' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALASPHP8.1-2023-003.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-31631.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 181390

File Name: al2_ALASPHP8_1-2023-003.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/13/2023

Updated: 9/13/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

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: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-snmp, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-embedded, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-pspell, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-ldap, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-mysqlnd, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-xml, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-cli, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-odbc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-enchant, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-fpm, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-dba, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-process, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-dbg, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-opcache, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-soap, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-intl, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-sodium, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-gmp, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-pdo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php-gd

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/21/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/4/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-31631

IAVA: 2023-A-0016-S