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Alpine Linux: CVE-2014-0185: php gain privileges via a crafted FastCGI client

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2014-0185: php gain privileges via a crafted FastCGI client

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/06/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/30/2017
Modified
09/22/2017

Description

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, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted FastCGI client.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-php

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