USN-5530-1: PHP vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Packages

• php8.1 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

Details

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain memory operations
when obtaining file information. A remote attacker could use this issue to
cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.04

• php8.1-fpm - 8.1.2-1ubuntu2.2
• php8.1-cli - 8.1.2-1ubuntu2.2
• libapache2-mod-php8.1 - 8.1.2-1ubuntu2.2
• php8.1-mysql - 8.1.2-1ubuntu2.2
• php8.1-pgsql - 8.1.2-1ubuntu2.2
• php8.1-cgi - 8.1.2-1ubuntu2.2

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

References

• CVE-2022-31627