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Amazon Linux AMI : php54 (ALAS-2014-313)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 73232

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Synopsis

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

Description

A denial of service flaw was found in the way the File Information (fileinfo) extension handled indirect rules. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a PHP application using fileinfo to crash or consume an excessive amount of CPU.

Solution

Run 'yum update php54' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2014-313.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 73232

File Name: ala_ALAS-2014-313.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/28/2014

Updated: 4/18/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/24/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-1943, CVE-2014-2270

ALAS: 2014-313