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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : phpseclib vulnerabilities (USN-7404-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 233753

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7404-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that phpseclib did not correctly handle RSA PKCS#1 v1.5 signature verification. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass authentication. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-30130)

 It was discovered that phpseclib did not correctly handle certain characters in certain TLS fields, which could lead to name confusion. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass authentication.
 (CVE-2023-52892)

 It was discovered that phpseclib incorrectly limited the size of prime numbers generated by isPrime. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-27354)

 It was discovered that phpseclib did not correctly handle processing the ASN.1 object identifier of a certificate. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-27355)

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 php-phpseclib, php-phpseclib3 and / or php-seclib packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7404-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 233753

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7404-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/2/2025

Updated: 4/2/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-30130

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php-phpseclib, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php-phpseclib3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php-seclib

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/2/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/6/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-30130, CVE-2023-52892, CVE-2024-27354, CVE-2024-27355

USN: 7404-1