USN-4583-2: PHP vulnerabilities
27 October 2020
Several security issues were fixed in PHP.
Releases
Packages
- php7.4 - server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (metapackage)
Details
USN-4583-1 fixed vulnerabilities in PHP. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 20.10.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain encrypt ciphers.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to decrease security or cause
incorrect encryption data. (CVE-2020-7069)
It was discorevered that PHP incorrectly handled certain HTTP cookies.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to forge cookie which is supposed to
be secure. (CVE-2020-7070)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 20.10
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libapache2-mod-php7.4
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7.4.9-1ubuntu1.1
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php7.4-cgi
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7.4.9-1ubuntu1.1
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php7.4-cli
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7.4.9-1ubuntu1.1
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php7.4-curl
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7.4.9-1ubuntu1.1
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php7.4-fpm
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7.4.9-1ubuntu1.1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.