Amazon Linux AMI : php (ALAS-2012-41)

high Nessus Plugin ID 69648

Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that the fix for CVE-2011-4885 introduced an uninitialized memory use flaw. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted HTTP request to cause the PHP interpreter to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Run 'yum update php' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2012-41.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 69648

File Name: ala_ALAS-2012-41.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/4/2013

Updated: 4/18/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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, 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

Patch Publication Date: 2/2/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0830

ALAS: 2012-41

RHSA: 2012:0093