USN-3922-2: PHP vulnerabilities

23 April 2019

Several security issues were fixed in PHP.

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Releases

Packages

  • php5 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

Details

USN-3922-1 fixed vulnerabilities in PHP. This update provides the corresponding
update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information.
(CVE-2019-9022)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2019-9675)

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2019-9637,
CVE-2019-9638, CVE-2019-9639, CVE-2019-9640, CVE-2019-9641)

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04

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

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