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A php7 security update has been released for openSUSE Leap 15.4.



openSUSE-SU-2022:0679-1: moderate: Security update for php7


openSUSE Security Update: Security update for php7
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2022:0679-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1038980 #1081790 #1192050 #1193041
Cross-References: CVE-2015-9253 CVE-2017-8923 CVE-2021-21703
CVE-2021-21707
CVSS scores:
CVE-2015-9253 (NVD) : 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVE-2015-9253 (SUSE): 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVE-2017-8923 (NVD) : 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2017-8923 (SUSE): 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVE-2021-21703 (NVD) : 7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2021-21703 (SUSE): 6.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2021-21707 (NVD) : 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVE-2021-21707 (SUSE): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.4
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An update that fixes four vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

This update for php7 fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2021-21703: Fixed local privilege escalation via PHP-FPM
(bsc#1192050).
- CVE-2021-21707: Fixed special character breaks path in xml parsing
(bsc#1193041).
- CVE-2017-8923: Fixed denial of service (application crash) when using .=
with a long string (zend_string_extend func in Zend/zend_string.h)
(bsc#1038980).
- CVE-2015-9253: Fixed endless loop when the master process restarts a
child process using program execution functions (bsc#1081790).

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.4:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2022-679=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

php7-wddx-7.2.5-4.89.4
php7-wddx-debuginfo-7.2.5-4.89.4

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-9253.html
  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-8923.html
  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-21703.html
  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-21707.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1038980
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1081790
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1192050
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1193041