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Amazon Linux AMI : php56 / php55 (ALAS-2016-685)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 90513

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Synopsis

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

Description

A stack overflow vulnerability was reported that may occur when decompressing tar archives due to phar_tar_writeheaders() potentially copying non-terminated linknames from entries parsed by phar_parse_tarfile().

Solution

Run 'yum update php56' to update your system.

Run 'yum update php55' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2016-685.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 90513

File Name: ala_ALAS-2016-685.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/14/2016

Updated: 4/18/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php56-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php55-mcrypt, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php56-dbg, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php55-cli, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php55-imap, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php56-embedded, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php56-mssql, cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php55-intl, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php56-tidy, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php56-intl, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php56-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php55-dba, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php55-process, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php55-recode, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php56-gmp, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php55-snmp, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php56-enchant, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php56-mcrypt, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php56-odbc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php56-pspell, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php55-pspell, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php56-soap, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php55-pdo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php56-process, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php56-cli, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php55-soap, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php55-fpm, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php55-opcache, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php56-dba, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php55-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php56-xmlrpc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php55-mysqlnd, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php55-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php55-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php55, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php55-gd, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php56-gd, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php56-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php56-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php56-ldap, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php56-snmp, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php56-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php55-gmp, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php56, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php56-pdo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php56-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php55-embedded, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php55-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php55-odbc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php55-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php55-tidy, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php55-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php56-imap, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php56-mysqlnd, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php55-xml, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php55-ldap, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php55-mssql, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php55-xmlrpc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php56-opcache, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php56-recode, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php56-xml, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php55-enchant, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:php56-fpm

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/13/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2554

ALAS: 2016-685