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Amazon Linux AMI: Security patch for php (ALAS-2012-41) (CVE-2012-0830)

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Amazon Linux AMI: Security patch for php (ALAS-2012-41) (CVE-2012-0830)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/06/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/28/2014
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

The php_register_variable_ex function in php_variables.c in PHP 5.3.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a request containing a large number of variables, related to improper handling of array variables. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2011-4885.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-php
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-php-bcmath
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-php-cli
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-php-common
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-php-dba
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-php-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-php-devel
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-php-embedded
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-php-fpm
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-php-gd
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-php-imap
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-php-intl
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-php-ldap
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-php-mbstring
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-php-mcrypt
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-php-mssql
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-php-mysql
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-php-mysqlnd
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-php-odbc
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-php-pdo
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-php-pgsql
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-php-process
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-php-pspell
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-php-snmp
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-php-soap
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-php-tidy
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-php-xml
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-php-xmlrpc

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