Amazon Linux AMI : php (ALAS-2012-95)

high Nessus Plugin ID 69702

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Synopsis

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

Description

Integer overflow in the phar_parse_tarfile function in tar.c in the phar extension in PHP before 5.3.14 and 5.4.x before 5.4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted tar file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

The crypt_des (aka DES-based crypt) function in FreeBSD before 9.0-RELEASE-p2, as used in PHP, PostgreSQL, and other products, does not process the complete cleartext password if this password contains a 0x80 character, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to obtain access via an authentication attempt with an initial substring of the intended password, as demonstrated by a Unicode password.

Solution

Run 'yum update php' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2012-95.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 69702

File Name: ala_ALAS-2012-95.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/4/2013

Updated: 4/18/2018

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/5/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2143, CVE-2012-2386

ALAS: 2012-95