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USN-5300-1: PHP vulnerabilities

22 February 2022

Several security issues were fixed in PHP.

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Releases

Packages

  • php7.0 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

Details

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain scripts.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2015-9253, CVE-2017-8923, CVE-2017-9118, CVE-2017-9120)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service,
or possibly obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2017-9119)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain scripts with XML
parsing functions.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information.
(CVE-2021-21707)

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04

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

References

Related notices

  • USN-5300-2: php7.4-json, php7.2-curl, php7.2-json, php7.2-mbstring, php7.4-common, php7.2-pspell, php7.4-curl, php7.2-intl, php7.2-bcmath, php7.4, php7.2-gd, php7.2-cgi, php7.4-gmp, php7.4-cli, php7.2-fpm, php7.2-pgsql, php7.2-recode, php7.4-gd, php7.2-dev, libphp7.2-embed, php7.2-dba, php7.4-enchant, php7.4-fpm, libphp7.4-embed, php7.4-intl, php7.4-mbstring, php7.4-xmlrpc, php7.4-pspell, php7.2-ldap, php7.2-mysql, php7.2-soap, php7.2-odbc, php7.4-bcmath, php7.4-xsl, php7.2-xmlrpc, php7.4-sybase, php7.4-xml, php7.4-bz2, php7.2-common, php7.2-xsl, php7.2-tidy, php7.2-snmp, php7.2-cli, php7.2-zip, php7.4-ldap, php7.2-interbase, php7.4-opcache, php7.2-phpdbg, php7.2-enchant, php7.2, php7.4-soap, php7.4-pgsql, php7.2-bz2, php7.2-imap, php7.4-phpdbg, php7.4-odbc, php7.4-sqlite3, php7.2-gmp, libapache2-mod-php7.2, php7.4-zip, php7.4-imap, php7.4-dba, php7.2-xml, php7.2-sqlite3, php7.4-readline, libapache2-mod-php7.4, php7.4-cgi, php7.2-opcache, php7.4-tidy, php7.4-dev, php7.4-mysql, php7.2-readline, php7.2-sybase, php7.4-snmp, php7.4-interbase
  • USN-5300-3: php8.0-bcmath, libphp8.0-embed, php8.0-bz2, php8.0-xsl, php8.0-snmp, php8.0-tidy, php8.0-phpdbg, php8.0-intl, php8.0-fpm, php8.0-imap, php8.0, php8.0-sqlite3, php8.0-curl, php8.0-xml, php8.0-gmp, php8.0-ldap, php8.0-readline, php8.0-soap, php8.0-dba, php8.0-pspell, php8.0-cgi, php8.0-sybase, libapache2-mod-php8.0, php8.0-zip, php8.0-enchant, php8.0-opcache, php8.0-mysql, php8.0-odbc, php8.0-common, php8.0-gd, php8.0-mbstring, php8.0-cli, php8.0-pgsql, php8.0-dev, php8.0-interbase
  • USN-3766-1: php5-gmp, php5, php7.2-json, php5-fpm, php7.2-intl, libphp7.2-embed, php5-sybase, php7.0-fpm, php7.0-json, php7.2-xmlrpc, php7.0-sqlite3, php7.2-common, php7.2-xsl, php7.2-snmp, php7.0-opcache, php7.0-gmp, php7.2-enchant, php7.0-xsl, libapache2-mod-php5filter, php7.2-bz2, php5-enchant, php5-cli, php5-ldap, php7.0-dev, php7.0-pgsql, php7.0-xmlrpc, php7.2-opcache, php7.0-mbstring, php7.0-sybase, php5-xsl, libapache2-mod-php7.0, php7.0-cli, php7.2-curl, php7.2-mbstring, php7.0-intl, php7.2-pspell, php7.2-cgi, php7.2-fpm, php7.2-pgsql, php7.0-odbc, php7.2-mysql, php7.2-soap, php7.0-mysql, php5-mysql, php7.0, php7.0-cgi, libphp5-embed, php7.2, php5-sqlite, php7.0-mcrypt, php5-xmlrpc, php7.0-zip, php5-snmp, php7.0-readline, php7.0-common, php7.2-sqlite3, php5-common, php7.0-phpdbg, libphp7.0-embed, php7.0-bcmath, php7.0-gd, php7.2-gd, php7.0-ldap, php7.2-dev, php5-tidy, php7.2-tidy, php7.2-zip, php7.2-cli, php7.2-interbase, php7.0-interbase, php5-pspell, php7.0-curl, php7.0-recode, php7.2-gmp, libapache2-mod-php5, php7.0-soap, php5-recode, php5-cgi, php5-readline, php5-mysqlnd, php7.0-imap, php-pear, php5-intl, php7.0-dba, php7.0-xml, php7.2-bcmath, php7.0-enchant, php7.2-recode, php7.2-dba, php5-dev, php7.2-ldap, php7.2-odbc, php5-pgsql, php7.0-bz2, php5-gd, php7.2-phpdbg, php7.0-snmp, php7.2-imap, php7.0-tidy, libapache2-mod-php7.2, php5-curl, php7.2-xml, php7.0-pspell, php5-odbc, php7.2-readline, php7.2-sybase
  • USN-4279-1: php5-gmp, php5, php7.2-json, php7.3-curl, php5-fpm, php7.2-intl, php7.3-opcache, libphp7.2-embed, libphp7.3-embed, php5-sybase, php7.0-fpm, php7.0-json, php7.2-xmlrpc, php7.0-sqlite3, php7.3-bz2, php7.3-enchant, php7.2-common, php7.2-xsl, php7.2-snmp, php7.0-opcache, php7.0-gmp, php7.2-enchant, php7.3-pgsql, php7.0-xsl, libapache2-mod-php5filter, php7.3-recode, php7.2-bz2, php7.3-intl, php5-enchant, php5-cli, php5-ldap, php7.0-dev, php7.3-mysql, php7.0-pgsql, php7.0-xmlrpc, php7.2-opcache, php7.0-mbstring, php7.0-sybase, php7.3-interbase, php5-xsl, libapache2-mod-php7.0, php7.0-cli, php7.2-curl, php7.2-mbstring, php7.0-intl, php7.2-pspell, php7.2-cgi, php7.2-fpm, php7.2-pgsql, php7.0-odbc, php7.2-mysql, php7.2-soap, php7.0-mysql, php7.3-json, php5-mysql, php7.0, php7.3-xsl, php7.0-cgi, libphp5-embed, php7.2, php5-sqlite, php7.3-xml, php7.3-gmp, php7.0-mcrypt, php5-xmlrpc, php7.0-zip, php5-snmp, php7.0-readline, php7.0-common, php7.3-zip, php7.2-sqlite3, php5-common, php7.0-phpdbg, libphp7.0-embed, php7.3-dev, php7.0-bcmath, php7.0-gd, php7.3-ldap, php7.2-gd, php7.0-ldap, php7.2-dev, php7.3-cgi, php5-tidy, php7.3-pspell, php7.2-tidy, php7.2-zip, php7.2-cli, php7.2-interbase, php7.3-imap, php7.0-interbase, php7.3-mbstring, php5-pspell, php7.0-curl, php7.0-recode, php7.2-gmp, libapache2-mod-php7.3, php7.3-fpm, libapache2-mod-php5, php7.3-odbc, php7.0-soap, php5-recode, php5-cgi, php5-readline, php5-mysqlnd, php7.0-imap, php-pear, php7.3-gd, php7.3-sybase, php5-intl, php7.0-dba, php7.0-xml, php7.2-bcmath, php7.3-phpdbg, php7.0-enchant, php7.3-tidy, php7.2-recode, php7.3-soap, php7.2-dba, php7.3-bcmath, php7.3-snmp, php5-dev, php7.2-ldap, php7.2-odbc, php7.3-cli, php5-pgsql, php7.3, php7.0-bz2, php5-gd, php7.2-phpdbg, php7.3-common, php7.0-snmp, php7.3-readline, php7.2-imap, php7.3-sqlite3, php7.0-tidy, libapache2-mod-php7.2, php5-curl, php7.2-xml, php7.0-pspell, php5-odbc, php7.3-dba, php7.2-readline, php7.2-sybase, php7.3-xmlrpc

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