USN-3382-2: PHP vulnerabilities

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3382-2

18th December, 2017

php5 vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in PHP.

Software description

• php5 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

Details

USN-3382-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in PHP. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that the PHP URL parser incorrectly handled certain URI
components. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass
hostname-specific URL checks. (CVE-2016-10397)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain boolean parameters
when unserializing data. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-11143)

Sebastian Li, Wei Lei, Xie Xiaofei, and Liu Yang discovered that PHP
incorrectly handled the OpenSSL sealing function. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of
service. (CVE-2017-11144)

Wei Lei and Liu Yang discovered that the PHP date extension incorrectly
handled memory. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to disclose
sensitive information from the server. (CVE-2017-11145)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain PHAR archives. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash or disclose
sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
(CVE-2017-11147)

Wei Lei and Liu Yang discovered that PHP incorrectly handled parsing ini
files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PHP to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-11628)

It was discovered that PHP mbstring incorrectly handled certain regular
expressions. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2017-9224, CVE-2017-9226, CVE-2017-9227, CVE-2017-9228, CVE-2017-9229)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:

php5-cli 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.28

php5 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.28

libapache2-mod-php5 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.28

php5-fpm 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.28

php5-cgi 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.28

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-2016-10397, CVE-2017-11143, CVE-2017-11144, CVE-2017-11145, CVE-2017-11147, CVE-2017-11628, CVE-2017-9224, CVE-2017-9226, CVE-2017-9227, CVE-2017-9228, CVE-2017-9229

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