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Ubuntu 23.04: USN-6200-1 Critical: Python Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey July 3, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Keep updated on the essential security alert regarding PHP vulnerabilities in Ubuntu versions 7.4 and 8.1, which may reveal confidential information.
PHP could be made to expose sensitive information.

Summary

PHP could be made to expose sensitive information.

Software Description:

- php8.1: HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

- php7.4: HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

Details:

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain Digest

authentication for SOAP. An attacker could possibly use this issue

to expose sensitive information.

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 23.04:
  libapache2-mod-php7.4           8.1.12-1ubuntu4.2
  libapache2-mod-php8.0           8.1.12-1ubuntu4.2
  libapache2-mod-php8.1           8.1.12-1ubuntu4.2
  php8.1                          8.1.12-1ubuntu4.2
  php8.1-cgi                      8.1.12-1ubuntu4.2
  php8.1-cli                      8.1.12-1ubuntu4.2
  php8.1-soap                     8.1.12-1ubuntu4.2

Ubuntu 22.10:
  libapache2-mod-php7.4           8.1.7-1ubuntu3.5
  libapache2-mod-php8.0           8.1.7-1ubuntu3.5
  libapache2-mod-php8.1           8.1.7-1ubuntu3.5
  php8.1                          8.1.7-1ubuntu3.5
  php8.1-cgi                      8.1.7-1ubuntu3.5
  php8.1-cli                      8.1.7-1ubuntu3.5
  php8.1-soap                     8.1.7-1ubuntu3.5

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
  libapache2-mod-php7.4           8.1.2-1ubuntu2.13
  libapache2-mod-php8.0           8.1.2-1ubuntu2.13
  libapache2-mod-php8.1           8.1.2-1ubuntu2.13
  php8.1                          8.1.2-1ubuntu2.13
  php8.1-cgi                      8.1.2-1ubuntu2.13
  php8.1-cli                      8.1.2-1ubuntu2.13
  php8.1-soap                     8.1.2-1ubuntu2.13
  php8.1-sqlite3                  8.1.2-1ubuntu2.13

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  libapache2-mod-php7.4           7.4.3-4ubuntu2.19
  php7.4                          7.4.3-4ubuntu2.19
  php7.4-cgi                      7.4.3-4ubuntu2.19
  php7.4-cli                      7.4.3-4ubuntu2.19
  php7.4-soap                     7.4.3-4ubuntu2.19

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6199-1

CVE-2023-3247

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July 03, 2023

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