CVE-2014-1943
Public on 2014-02-18
Modified on 2014-09-18
Description
A denial of service flaw was found in the way the File Information (fileinfo) extension handled indirect rules. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a PHP application using fileinfo to crash or consume an excessive amount of CPU.
Severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | file | 2014-03-13 | ALAS-2014-304 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | php54 | 2014-03-24 | ALAS-2014-313 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | php55 | 2014-03-24 | ALAS-2014-314 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |