Amazon Linux AMI : php54 (ALAS-2014-434)

high Nessus Plugin ID 78777

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

An out of bounds read flaw was found in the way the xmlrpc extension parsed dates in the ISO 8601 format. A specially crafted XML-RPC request or response could possibly cause a PHP application to crash.
(CVE-2014-3668)

An integer overflow flaw was found in the way custom objects were unserialized. Specially crafted input processed by the unserialize() function could cause a PHP application to crash. (CVE-2014-3669)

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the Exif extension. A specially crafted JPEG or TIFF file could cause a PHP application using the exif_thumbnail() function to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running that PHP application.
(CVE-2014-3670)

Solution

Run 'yum update php54' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2014-434.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 78777

File Name: ala_ALAS-2014-434.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/3/2014

Updated: 4/18/2018

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php54, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php54-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php54-cli, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php54-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php54-dba, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php54-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php54-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php54-embedded, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php54-enchant, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php54-fpm, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php54-gd, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php54-imap, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php54-intl, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php54-ldap, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php54-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php54-mcrypt, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php54-mssql, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php54-mysql, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php54-mysqlnd, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php54-odbc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php54-pdo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php54-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php54-process, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php54-pspell, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php54-recode, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php54-snmp, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php54-soap, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php54-tidy, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php54-xml, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php54-xmlrpc, cpe:/o:amazon:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 10/28/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3668, CVE-2014-3669, CVE-2014-3670

ALAS: 2014-434