USN-3953-1: PHP vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 19.04
• Ubuntu 18.10
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

• php7.0 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter
• php7.2 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

Details

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain exif tags in JPEG
images. 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 19.04

• libapache2-mod-php7.2 - 7.2.17-0ubuntu0.19.04.1
• php7.2-cgi - 7.2.17-0ubuntu0.19.04.1
• php7.2-cli - 7.2.17-0ubuntu0.19.04.1
• php7.2-fpm - 7.2.17-0ubuntu0.19.04.1

Ubuntu 18.10

• libapache2-mod-php7.2 - 7.2.17-0ubuntu0.18.10.1
• php7.2-cgi - 7.2.17-0ubuntu0.18.10.1
• php7.2-cli - 7.2.17-0ubuntu0.18.10.1
• php7.2-fpm - 7.2.17-0ubuntu0.18.10.1

Ubuntu 18.04

• libapache2-mod-php7.2 - 7.2.17-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
• php7.2-cgi - 7.2.17-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
• php7.2-cli - 7.2.17-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
• php7.2-fpm - 7.2.17-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ubuntu 16.04

• libapache2-mod-php7.0 - 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.4
• php7.0-cgi - 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.4
• php7.0-cli - 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.4
• php7.0-fpm - 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.4

In Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.10, and Ubuntu 19.04, this update uses a new
upstream release, which includes additional bug fixes.

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

References

• CVE-2019-11034
• CVE-2019-11035

Related notices

• USN-3953-2