USN-1872-1: PHP vulnerability
11 June 2013
PHP could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted input.
Releases
Packages
- php5 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter
Details
It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled the quoted_printable_encode
function. An attacker could use this flaw to cause PHP to crash, resulting
in a denial of service, or to possibly execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 13.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.