Vulnerability in php7.4 (DEBIAN-CVE-2021-21703)

Summary

Vulnerability in php7.4 (DEBIAN-CVE-2021-21703). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 7.4.25-1+deb11u1 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

In PHP versions 7.3.x up to and including 7.3.31, 7.4.x below 7.4.25 and 8.0.x below 8.0.12, when running PHP FPM SAPI with main FPM daemon process running as root and child worker processes running as lower-privileged users, it is possible for the child processes to access memory shared with the main process and write to it, modifying it in a way that would cause the root process to conduct invalid memory reads and writes, which can be used to escalate privileges from local unprivileged user to the root user.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

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A vulnerability tracked as DEBIAN-CVE-2021-21703 has been found in php7.4.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
What to do: upgrade php7.4 to 7.4.25-1+deb11u1 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "php7.4 DEBIAN-CVE-2021-21703" on the vendor's site.

DEBIAN-CVE-2021-21703 (php7.4)
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 7.4.25-1+deb11u1 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in php7.4.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of php7.4.

🔥 Severity

Severity: ?. Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 7.4.25-1+deb11u1.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'php7.4' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

1
Identify exposure identify
```
grep -r 'php7.4' . | grep -v node_modules
```
リポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で php7.4 を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
2
Apply patch patch
```
Upgrade php7.4 to 7.4.25-1+deb11u1
```
ステージング環境で 7.4.25-1+deb11u1 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
3
Post-deployment verification verify
```
Confirm patched version is live in production
```
パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

Affected packages

Debian:11 php7.4

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"7.4.25-1+deb11u1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org