Observable discrepancy in PHP - CVE-2024-2408

 

Observable discrepancy in PHP - CVE-2024-2408

Published: June 5, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU91108
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-2408
CWE-ID: CWE-203
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to the openssl_private_decrypt function in PHP when using PKCS1 padding (OPENSSL_PKCS1_PADDING, which is the default) is vulnerable to the Marvin Attack. A remote attacker can gain access to sensitive information.


Affected software

PHP
Storage Sentinel Anomaly Scan Engine
Anolis OS
Fedora
Oracle Solaris
openssl
openssl-devel
openssl-libs
openssl-perl
php
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container

How to mitigate CVE-2024-2408

Install updates from vendor's website.

openssl - update to 1.1.1k-12.0.1
openssl-devel - update to 1.1.1k-12.0.1
openssl-libs - update to 1.1.1k-12.0.1
openssl-perl - update to 1.1.1k-12.0.1
php - addressed in versions 8.2.20-1.fc39, 8.3.8-1.fc40
Oracle Solaris - update to 11.4 SRU 71
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container - update to 12.8.0

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