Amazon Linux AMI : php (ALAS-2012-37)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 69644

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was found that the hashing routine used by PHP arrays was susceptible to predictable hash collisions. If an HTTP POST request to a PHP application contained many parameters whose names map to the same hash value, a large amount of CPU time would be consumed. This flaw has been mitigated by adding a new configuration directive, max_input_vars, that limits the maximum number of parameters processed per request. By default, max_input_vars is set to 1000.
(CVE-2011-4885)

An integer overflow flaw was found in the PHP exif extension. On 32-bit systems, a specially crafted image file could cause the PHP interpreter to crash or disclose portions of its memory when a PHP script tries to extract Exchangeable image file format (Exif) metadata from the image file. (CVE-2011-4566)

Solution

Run 'yum update php' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 69644

File Name: ala_ALAS-2012-37.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 9/4/2013

Updated: 10/16/2019

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/14/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/28/2011

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4566, CVE-2011-4885

ALAS: 2012-37

RHSA: 2012:0019

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