SB2014052805 - Privilege escalation in php (Alpine package)



SB2014052805 - Privilege escalation in php (Alpine package)

Published: May 28, 2014

Security Bulletin ID SB2014052805
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

Low 100%
  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0185)

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges. The weakness exists due to sapi/fpm/fpm/fpm_unix.c in the FastCGI Process Manager (FPM) in PHP before 5.4.28 and 5.5.x before 5.5.12 uses 0666 permissions for the UNIX socket. A local attacker can gain elevated privileges via a crafted FastCGI client.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.