USN-2658-1: PHP vulnerabilities
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2658-1
6th July, 2015
php5 vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 15.04
- Ubuntu 14.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in PHP.
Software description
- php5 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter
Details
Neal Poole and Tomas Hoger discovered that PHP incorrectly handled NULL
bytes in file paths. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
bypass intended restrictions and create or obtain access to sensitive
files. (CVE-2015-3411, CVE-2015-3412, CVE-2015-4025, CVE-2015-4026,
CVE-2015-4598)
Emmanuel Law discovered that the PHP phar extension incorrectly handled
filenames starting with a NULL byte. A remote attacker could use this issue
with a crafted tar archive to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2015-4021)
Max Spelsberg discovered that PHP incorrectly handled the LIST command
when connecting to remote FTP servers. A malicious FTP server could
possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-4022,
CVE-2015-4643)
Shusheng Liu discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain malformed form
data. A remote attacker could use this issue with crafted form data to
cause CPU consumption, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2015-4024)
Andrea Palazzo discovered that the PHP Soap client incorrectly validated
data types. A remote attacker could use this issue with crafted serialized
data to possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-4147)
Andrea Palazzo discovered that the PHP Soap client incorrectly validated
that the uri property is a string. A remote attacker could use this issue
with crafted serialized data to possibly obtain sensitive information.
(CVE-2015-4148)
Taoguang Chen discovered that PHP incorrectly validated data types in
multiple locations. A remote attacker could possibly use these issues to
obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service. (CVE-2015-4599,
CVE-2015-4600, CVE-2015-4601, CVE-2015-4602, CVE-2015-4603)
It was discovered that the PHP Fileinfo component incorrectly handled
certain files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu
15.04. (CVE-2015-4604, CVE-2015-4605)
It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled table names in
php_pgsql_meta_data. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-4644)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 15.04:
- php5-cli 5.6.4+dfsg-4ubuntu6.2
- php5-cgi 5.6.4+dfsg-4ubuntu6.2
- libapache2-mod-php5 5.6.4+dfsg-4ubuntu6.2
- php5-fpm 5.6.4+dfsg-4ubuntu6.2
- Ubuntu 14.10:
- php5-cli 5.5.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.6
- php5-cgi 5.5.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.6
- libapache2-mod-php5 5.5.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.6
- php5-fpm 5.5.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.6
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
- php5-cli 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.11
- php5-cgi 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.11
- libapache2-mod-php5 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.11
- php5-fpm 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.11
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
- php5-cli 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.19
- php5-cgi 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.19
- libapache2-mod-php5 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.19
- php5-fpm 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.19
To update your system, please follow these instructions: http://ift.tt/17VXqjU.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
CVE-2015-3411, CVE-2015-3412, CVE-2015-4021, CVE-2015-4022, CVE-2015-4024, CVE-2015-4025, CVE-2015-4026, CVE-2015-4147, CVE-2015-4148, CVE-2015-4598, CVE-2015-4599, CVE-2015-4600, CVE-2015-4601, CVE-2015-4602, CVE-2015-4603, CVE-2015-4604, CVE-2015-4605, CVE-2015-4643, CVE-2015-4644
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