USN-2572-1: PHP vulnerabilities
20 April 2015
Several security issues were fixed in PHP.
Releases
Packages
- php5 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter
Details
It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled cleanup when used with
Apache 2.4. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2015-3330)
It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled opening tar, zip or phar
archives through the PHAR extension. A remote attacker could use this issue
to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-3329)
It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled regular expressions. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-2305)
Paulos Yibelo discovered that PHP incorrectly handled moving files when a
pathname contained a null character. A remote attacker could use this issue
to possibly bypass filename restrictions. This issue only applied to
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.10. (CVE-2015-2348)
It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled unserializing PHAR files. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to possibly expose
sensitive information. (CVE-2015-2783)
Taoguang Chen discovered that PHP incorrectly handled unserializing certain
objects. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2015-2787)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 14.10
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libapache2-mod-php5
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5.5.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.4
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php5-cgi
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5.5.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.4
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php5-cli
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5.5.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.4
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php5-fpm
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5.5.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.4
Ubuntu 14.04
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libapache2-mod-php5
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5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.9
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php5-cgi
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5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.9
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php5-cli
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5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.9
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php5-fpm
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5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.9
Ubuntu 12.04
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libapache2-mod-php5
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5.3.10-1ubuntu3.18
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php5-cgi
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5.3.10-1ubuntu3.18
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php5-cli
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5.3.10-1ubuntu3.18
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php5-fpm
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5.3.10-1ubuntu3.18
Ubuntu 10.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Related notices
- USN-2594-1: clamav-testfiles, libclamav6, clamav, clamav-base, clamav-daemon, clamav-freshclam, clamav-docs, libclamav-dev, clamav-milter