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Ubuntu: Security Advisory for php7.4 (USN-5006-1)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Ubuntu Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

2 years ago

Modified

Modified

2 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update for the 'php7.4' package(s) announced via the USN-5006-1 advisory.

Insight

Insight

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain PHAR files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-7068) It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled parsing URLs with passwords. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PHP to mis-parse the URL and produce wrong data. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.10. (CVE-2020-7071) It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain malformed XML data when being parsed by the SOAP extension. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.10. (CVE-2021-21702) It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled the pdo_firebase module. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2021-21704) It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled the FILTER_VALIDATE_URL check. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a server- side request forgery attack. (CVE-2021-21705)

Affected Software

Affected Software

'php7.4' package(s) on Ubuntu 20.10, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

Please install the updated package(s).

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)