USN-3382-1: PHP vulnerabilities
10 August 2017
Several security issues were fixed in PHP.
Releases
Packages
- php5 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter
- php7.0 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter
Details
It was discovered that the PHP opcache created keys for files it cached
based on their filepath. A local attacker could possibly use this issue in
a shared hosting environment to obtain sensitive information. This issue
only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-8994)
It was discovered that the PHP URL parser incorrectly handled certain URI
components. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass
hostname-specific URL checks. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
(CVE-2016-10397)
It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain boolean parameters
when unserializing data. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-11143)
Sebastian Li, Wei Lei, Xie Xiaofei, and Liu Yang discovered that PHP
incorrectly handled the OpenSSL sealing function. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of
service. (CVE-2017-11144)
Wei Lei and Liu Yang discovered that the PHP date extension incorrectly
handled memory. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to disclose
sensitive information from the server. (CVE-2017-11145)
It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain PHAR archives. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash or disclose
sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
(CVE-2017-11147)
It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled locale length. A remote
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in
a denial of service. (CVE-2017-11362)
Wei Lei and Liu Yang discovered that PHP incorrectly handled parsing ini
files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PHP to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-11628)
It was discovered that PHP mbstring incorrectly handled certain 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-2017-9224, CVE-2017-9226, CVE-2017-9227, CVE-2017-9228, CVE-2017-9229)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 17.04
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libapache2-mod-php7.0
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7.0.22-0ubuntu0.17.04.1
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php7.0-cgi
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7.0.22-0ubuntu0.17.04.1
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php7.0-cli
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7.0.22-0ubuntu0.17.04.1
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php7.0-fpm
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7.0.22-0ubuntu0.17.04.1
Ubuntu 16.04
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libapache2-mod-php7.0
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7.0.22-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
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php7.0-cgi
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7.0.22-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
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php7.0-cli
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7.0.22-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
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php7.0-fpm
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7.0.22-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Ubuntu 14.04
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libapache2-mod-php5
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5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.22
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php5-cgi
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5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.22
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php5-cli
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5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.22
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php5-fpm
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5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.22
In Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 17.04, this update uses a new upstream
release, which includes additional bug fixes.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Related notices
- USN-3382-2: php5-fpm, php5-cgi, php5, php5-cli, libapache2-mod-php5
- USN-3566-2: php5-gmp, php5, php5-mysqlnd, libphp5-embed, php5-xmlrpc, php5-common, php5-ldap, php5-mysql, php5-cli, php5-pspell, php5-snmp, php5-fpm, php5-xsl, php-pear, php5-dev, php5-enchant, php5-sqlite, php5-gd, php5-tidy, php5-readline, libapache2-mod-php5filter, libapache2-mod-php5, php5-odbc, php5-curl, php5-sybase, php5-pgsql, php5-cgi, php5-recode, php5-intl