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Debian DSA-2943-1 : php5 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 74279

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several vulnerabilities were found in PHP, a general-purpose scripting language commonly used for web application development :

 - CVE-2014-0185 The default PHP FPM socket permission has been changed from 0666 to 0660 to mitigate a security vulnerability ( CVE-2014-0185 ) in PHP FPM that allowed any local user to run a PHP code under the active user of FPM process via crafted FastCGI client.

 The default Debian setup now correctly sets the listen.owner and listen.group to www-data:www-data in default php-fpm.conf. If you have more FPM instances or a webserver not running under www-data user you need to adjust the configuration of FPM pools in /etc/php5/fpm/pool.d/ so the accessing process has rights to access the socket.

 - CVE-2014-0237 / CVE-2014-0238 Denial of service in the CDF parser of the fileinfo module.

 - CVE-2014-2270 Denial of service in the fileinfo module.

Solution

Upgrade the php5 packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 5.4.4-14+deb7u10.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0185

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0237

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0238

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2270

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/php5

https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2943

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 74279

File Name: debian_DSA-2943.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/3/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:php5, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/1/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0185, CVE-2014-0237, CVE-2014-0238, CVE-2014-2270

BID: 66002, 67118

DSA: 2943