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
- 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.