Amazon Linux AMI update for php54

1) Heap-based buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU42774

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2110

CWE-ID: CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in Heap-based buffer overflow in the php_quot_print_encode function in ext/standard/quot_print.c in PHP before 5.3.26 and 5.4.x before 5.4.16. A remote attacker can use a crafted argument to the quoted_printable_encode function. to trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages:

i686:
    php54-pspell-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.i686
    php54-snmp-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.i686
    php54-imap-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.i686
    php54-mbstring-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.i686
    php54-cli-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.i686
    php54-tidy-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.i686
    php54-ldap-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.i686
    php54-xml-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.i686
    php54-enchant-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.i686
    php54-debuginfo-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.i686
    php54-devel-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.i686
    php54-mcrypt-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.i686
    php54-fpm-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.i686
    php54-pdo-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.i686
    php54-pgsql-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.i686
    php54-mssql-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.i686
    php54-gd-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.i686
    php54-mysqlnd-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.i686
    php54-embedded-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.i686
    php54-odbc-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.i686
    php54-common-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.i686
    php54-recode-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.i686
    php54-process-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.i686
    php54-dba-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.i686
    php54-intl-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.i686
    php54-bcmath-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.i686
    php54-mysql-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.i686
    php54-xmlrpc-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.i686
    php54-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.i686
    php54-soap-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.i686

src:
    php54-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    php54-process-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    php54-recode-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    php54-fpm-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    php54-dba-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    php54-ldap-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    php54-soap-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    php54-mbstring-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    php54-embedded-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    php54-mysqlnd-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    php54-odbc-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    php54-mysql-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    php54-pspell-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    php54-common-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    php54-imap-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    php54-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    php54-enchant-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    php54-xml-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    php54-devel-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    php54-mcrypt-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    php54-tidy-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    php54-mssql-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    php54-cli-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    php54-intl-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    php54-debuginfo-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    php54-xmlrpc-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    php54-pgsql-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    php54-gd-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    php54-pdo-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    php54-snmp-5.4.16-1.37.amzn1.x86_64
    php54-bcmath-5.4.16-1.37.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-2013-206.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.