USN-320-2: php4 regression

26 July 2006

php4 regression

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USN-320-2 fixed several vulnerabilities in PHP. James Manning
discovered that the Ubuntu 5.04 update introduced a regression, the
function tempnam() caused a crash of the PHP interpreter in some
circumstances. The updated packages fix this.

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 5.04
  • libapache2-mod-php4 - 4:4.3.10-10ubuntu4.6
  • php4-cgi - 4:4.3.10-10ubuntu4.6
  • php4-cli - 4:4.3.10-10ubuntu4.6

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.

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