Amazon Linux AMI : php (ALAS-2011-07)

high Nessus Plugin ID 69566

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Synopsis

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

Description

The MITRE CVE database describes these CVEs as :

Revert is_a() behavior to php <= 5.3.6 and add a new new option (allow_string) for the new behavior (accept string and raise autoload if needed)

Use-after-free vulnerability in the substr_replace function in PHP 5.3.6 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by using the same variable for multiple arguments.

Stack-based buffer overflow in the socket_connect function in ext/sockets/sockets.c in PHP 5.3.3 through 5.3.6 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long pathname for a UNIX socket.

The rfc1867_post_handler function in main/rfc1867.c in PHP before 5.3.7 does not properly restrict filenames in multipart/form-data POST requests, which allows remote attackers to conduct absolute path traversal attacks, and possibly create or overwrite arbitrary files, via a crafted upload request, related to a 'file path injection vulnerability.'

crypt_blowfish before 1.1, as used in PHP before 5.3.7 on certain platforms, does not properly handle 8-bit characters, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to determine a cleartext password by leveraging knowledge of a password hash.

PHP before 5.3.7 does not properly check the return values of the malloc, calloc, and realloc library functions, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) or trigger a buffer overflow by leveraging the ability to provide an arbitrary value for a function argument, related to (1) ext/curl/interface.c, (2) ext/date/lib/parse_date.c, (3) ext/date/lib/parse_iso_intervals.c, (4) ext/date/lib/parse_tz.c, (5) ext/date/lib/timelib.c, (6) ext/pdo_odbc/pdo_odbc.c, (7) ext/reflection/php_reflection.c, (8) ext/soap/php_sdl.c, (9) ext/xmlrpc/libxmlrpc/base64.c, (10) TSRM/tsrm_win32.c, and (11) the strtotime function.

Solution

Run 'yum upgrade php*' to upgrade your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 69566

File Name: ala_ALAS-2011-07.nasl

Version: Revision: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 9/4/2013

Updated: 1/27/2016

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/11/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1148, CVE-2011-1938, CVE-2011-2202, CVE-2011-2483, CVE-2011-3182, CVE-2011-3379

ALAS: 2011-07

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