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.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2014-0185 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue did not affect the php and php53 packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This issue is not planned to be addressed in the php packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7. Refer to https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2014-0185 for further details.
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score | 3.6 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | None |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | php55-php | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | php54-php | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | php | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | php | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | php53 | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | php | Not affected |
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