USN-3953-2: PHP vulnerabilities
1 May 2019
Several security issues were fixed in PHP.
Releases
Packages
- php5 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter
Details
USN-3953-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in PHP. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
Original advisory 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 14.04
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libapache2-mod-php5
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5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm1
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php5-fpm
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5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm1
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php5-cgi
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5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm1
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php5-cli
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5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm1
Ubuntu 12.04
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libapache2-mod-php5
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5.3.10-1ubuntu3.35
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php5-fpm
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5.3.10-1ubuntu3.35
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php5-cgi
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5.3.10-1ubuntu3.35
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php5-cli
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5.3.10-1ubuntu3.35
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.