USN-1905-1: PHP vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 13.04
• Ubuntu 12.10
• Ubuntu 12.04
• Ubuntu 10.04

Packages

• php5 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

Details

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled the xml_parse_into_struct
function. If a PHP application parsed untrusted XML, an attacker could use
this flaw with a specially-crafted XML document to cause PHP to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or to possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2013-4113)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled the jdtojewish function. An
attacker could use this flaw to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial
of service. (CVE-2013-4635)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 13.04

• php5-cli - 5.4.9-4ubuntu2.2
• php5-cgi - 5.4.9-4ubuntu2.2
• libapache2-mod-php5 - 5.4.9-4ubuntu2.2

Ubuntu 12.10

• php5-cli - 5.4.6-1ubuntu1.3
• php5-cgi - 5.4.6-1ubuntu1.3
• libapache2-mod-php5 - 5.4.6-1ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 12.04

• php5-cli - 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.7
• php5-cgi - 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.7
• libapache2-mod-php5 - 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.7

Ubuntu 10.04

• php5-cli - 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.20
• php5-cgi - 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.20
• libapache2-mod-php5 - 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.20

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

References

• CVE-2013-4113
• CVE-2013-4635