Amazon Linux AMI update for php55

Published: 2014-06-15

Risk	Low
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2014-0237 CVE-2014-0238
CWE-ID	CWE-264 CWE-835
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	Amazon Linux AMI Operating systems & Components / Operating system
Vendor	Amazon Web Services

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Denial of service

EUVDB-ID: #VU16084

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [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:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0237

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists in cdf_unpack_summary_info function in cdf.c in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.4.29 and 5.5.x before 5.5.13 due to performance degradation. A remote attacker can trigger many file_printf calls and cause the service to crash.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages:

i686:
    php55-odbc-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.i686
    php55-mssql-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.i686
    php55-soap-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.i686
    php55-intl-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.i686
    php55-cli-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.i686
    php55-bcmath-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.i686
    php55-imap-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.i686
    php55-mcrypt-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.i686
    php55-xml-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.i686
    php55-dba-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.i686
    php55-mbstring-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.i686
    php55-mysqlnd-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.i686
    php55-ldap-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.i686
    php55-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.i686
    php55-devel-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.i686
    php55-gmp-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.i686
    php55-embedded-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.i686
    php55-opcache-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.i686
    php55-enchant-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.i686
    php55-common-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.i686
    php55-tidy-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.i686
    php55-fpm-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.i686
    php55-process-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.i686
    php55-debuginfo-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.i686
    php55-recode-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.i686
    php55-pgsql-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.i686
    php55-pdo-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.i686
    php55-snmp-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.i686
    php55-gd-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.i686
    php55-xmlrpc-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.i686
    php55-pspell-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.i686

src:
    php55-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    php55-recode-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.x86_64
    php55-imap-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.x86_64
    php55-gmp-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.x86_64
    php55-mcrypt-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.x86_64
    php55-debuginfo-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.x86_64
    php55-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.x86_64
    php55-pdo-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.x86_64
    php55-fpm-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.x86_64
    php55-bcmath-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.x86_64
    php55-cli-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.x86_64
    php55-opcache-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.x86_64
    php55-odbc-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.x86_64
    php55-soap-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.x86_64
    php55-xmlrpc-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.x86_64
    php55-mbstring-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.x86_64
    php55-pgsql-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.x86_64
    php55-snmp-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.x86_64
    php55-mssql-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.x86_64
    php55-ldap-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.x86_64
    php55-tidy-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.x86_64
    php55-devel-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.x86_64
    php55-xml-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.x86_64
    php55-embedded-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.x86_64
    php55-gd-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.x86_64
    php55-enchant-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.x86_64
    php55-pspell-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.x86_64
    php55-mysqlnd-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.x86_64
    php55-intl-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.x86_64
    php55-dba-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.x86_64
    php55-common-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.x86_64
    php55-process-5.5.13-3.74.amzn1.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

CPE2.3

cpe:2.3:o:amazon_web_services:amazon_linux_ami:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2014-362.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Infinite loop

EUVDB-ID: #VU16085