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Today's Topics:

1. [USN-2276-1] PHP vulnerabilities (Marc Deslauriers)


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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 12:49:52 -0400
From: Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com>
To: ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: [USN-2276-1] PHP vulnerabilities
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2276-1
July 09, 2014

php5 vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 13.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in PHP.

Software Description:
- php5: HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

Details:

Francisco Alonso discovered that the PHP Fileinfo component incorrectly
handled certain CDF documents. A remote attacker could use this issue to
cause PHP to hang or crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2014-0207, CVE-2014-3478, CVE-2014-3479, CVE-2014-3480, CVE-2014-3487)

Stefan Esser discovered that PHP incorrectly handled unserializing SPL
extension objects. An attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary
code. (CVE-2014-3515)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain SPL Iterators. An
attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial
of service. (CVE-2014-4670)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain ArrayIterators. An
attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial
of service. (CVE-2014-4698)

Stefan Esser discovered that PHP incorrectly handled variable types when
calling phpinfo(). An attacker could use this issue to possibly gain access
to arbitrary memory, possibly containing sensitive information.
(CVE-2014-4721)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libapache2-mod-php5 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3
php5-cgi 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3
php5-cli 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3
php5-fpm 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3

Ubuntu 13.10:
libapache2-mod-php5 5.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2.6
php5-cgi 5.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2.6
php5-cli 5.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2.6
php5-fpm 5.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2.6

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libapache2-mod-php5 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.13
php5-cgi 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.13
php5-cli 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.13
php5-fpm 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.13

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
libapache2-mod-php5 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.26
php5-cgi 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.26
php5-cli 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.26

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2276-1
CVE-2014-0207, CVE-2014-3478, CVE-2014-3479, CVE-2014-3480,
CVE-2014-3487, CVE-2014-3515, CVE-2014-4670, CVE-2014-4698,
CVE-2014-4721

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/5.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2.6
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/5.3.10-1ubuntu3.13
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/5.3.2-1ubuntu4.26




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