SB2014032503 - Amazon Linux AMI update for php54

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SB2014032503 - Amazon Linux AMI update for php54

Published: March 25, 2014

Security Bulletin ID SB2014032503
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.


1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-1943)

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a local attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to infinite recursion when insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A local attacker can trigger CPU consumption and cause the service to crash.


2) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-2270)

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition.

The vulnerability exists due to out-of-bounds read error in softmagic.c in file before 5.17 and libmagic. A remote attacker can trigger out-of-bounds read error via crafted offsets in the softmagic of a PE executable and cause the service to crash.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References