USN-1702-1: PHP vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 12.04

Packages

• php5 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

Details

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled the openssl_encrypt function
when used with an empty string. An attacker could use this flaw to cause
PHP to disclose arbitrary memory contents and possibly expose sensitive
information.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04

• php5 - 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.5

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

References

• CVE-2012-6113