PHP 8.3.x < 8.3.12 Multiple Vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 207821

Synopsis

The version PHP running on the remote web server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of PHP installed on the remote host is prior to 8.3.12. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the Version 8.3.12 advisory.

- In PHP versions 8.1.* before 8.1.29, 8.2.* before 8.2.20, 8.3.* before 8.3.8, when using Apache and PHP- CGI on Windows, if the system is set up to use certain code pages, Windows may use Best-Fit behavior to replace characters in command line given to Win32 API functions. PHP CGI module may misinterpret those characters as PHP options, which may allow a malicious user to pass options to PHP binary being run, and thus reveal the source code of scripts, run arbitrary PHP code on the server, etc. (CVE-2024-4577)

- **PHP version 8.3.12** (26 Sep 2024) **CGI:** * Fixed bug [GHSA-p99j-rfp4-xqvq](https://github.com/php/php-src/security/advisories/GHSA-p99j-rfp4-xqvq) (Bypass of CVE-2024-4577, Parameter Injection Vulnerability). (**CVE-2024-8926**) (nielsdos) * Fixed bug [GHSA-94p6-54jq-9mwp](https://github.com/php/php-src/security/advisories/GHSA-94p6-54jq-9mwp) (cgi.force_redirect configuration is bypassable due to the environment variable collision).
(**CVE-2024-8927**) (nielsdos) **Core:** * Fixed bug [GH-15408](https://github.com/php/php- src/issues/15408) (MSan false-positve on zend_max_execution_timer). (zeriyoshi) * Fixed bug [GH-15515](https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/15515) (Configure error grep illegal option q). (Peter Kokot) * Fixed bug [GH-15514](https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/15514) (Configure error: genif.sh:
syntax error). (Peter Kokot) * Fixed bug [GH-15565](https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/15565) (--disable-ipv6 during compilation produces error EAI_SYSTEM not found). (nielsdos) * Fixed bug [GH-15587](https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/15587) (CRC32 API build error on arm 32-bit). (Bernd Kuhls, Thomas Petazzoni) * Fixed bug [GH-15330](https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/15330) (Do not scan generator frames more than once). (Arnaud) * Fixed uninitialized lineno in constant AST of internal enums.
(ilutov) **Curl:** * FIxed bug [GH-15547](https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/15547) (curl_multi_select overflow on timeout argument). (David Carlier) **DOM:** * Fixed bug [GH-15551](https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/15551) (Segmentation fault (access null pointer) in ext/dom/xml_common.h). (nielsdos) * Fixed bug [GH-15654](https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/15654) (Signed integer overflow in ext/dom/nodelist.c). (nielsdos) **Fileinfo:** * Fixed bug [GH-15752](https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/15752) (Incorrect error message for finfo_file with an empty filename argument). (DanielEScherzer) **FPM:** * Fixed bug [GHSA-865w-9rf3-2wh5](https://github.com/php/php-src/security/advisories/GHSA-865w-9rf3-2wh5) (Logs from childrens may be altered). (**CVE-2024-9026**) (Jakub Zelenka) **MySQLnd:** * Fixed bug [GH-15432](https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/15432) (Heap corruption when querying a vector). (cmb, Kamil Tekiela) **Opcache:** * Fixed bug [GH-15661](https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/15661) (Access null pointer in Zend/Optimizer/zend_inference.c). (nielsdos) * Fixed bug [GH-15658](https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/15658) (Segmentation fault in Zend/zend_vm_execute.h).
(nielsdos) **SAPI:** * Fixed bug [GHSA-9pqp-7h25-4f32](https://github.com/php/php- src/security/advisories/GHSA-9pqp-7h25-4f32) (Erroneous parsing of multipart form data).
(**CVE-2024-8925**) (Arnaud) **Standard:** * Fixed bug [GH-15552](https://github.com/php/php- src/issues/15552) (Signed integer overflow in ext/standard/scanf.c). (cmb) **Streams:** * Fixed bug [GH-15628](https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/15628) (php_stream_memory_get_buffer() not zero- terminated). (cmb) (CVE-2024-8925, CVE-2024-8926, CVE-2024-8927, CVE-2024-9026)

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

Solution

Upgrade to PHP version 8.3.12 or later.

See Also

http://php.net/ChangeLog-8.php#8.3.12

https://github.com/php/php-src/security/advisories/GHSA-865w-9rf3-2wh5

https://github.com/php/php-src/security/advisories/GHSA-94p6-54jq-9mwp

https://github.com/php/php-src/security/advisories/GHSA-9pqp-7h25-4f32

https://github.com/php/php-src/security/advisories/GHSA-p99j-rfp4-xqvq

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 207821

File Name: php_8_3_12.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 9/26/2024

Updated: 11/22/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-4577

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:php:php

Required KB Items: www/PHP, installed_sw/PHP

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/26/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/4/2024

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 7/3/2024

Exploitable With

Metasploit (PHP CGI Argument Injection Remote Code Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-4577, CVE-2024-8925, CVE-2024-8926, CVE-2024-8927, CVE-2024-9026

IAVA: 2024-A-0609-S