1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1481-1

USN-1481-1: PHP vulnerabilities

Publication date

19 June 2012

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in PHP.

Releases

Packages

  • php5 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

Details

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain Tidy::diagnose
operations on invalid objects. A remote attacker could use this flaw to
cause PHP to crash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2012-0781)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain multi-file upload
filenames. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of
service, or to perform a directory traversal attack. (CVE-2012-1172)

Rubin Xu and Joseph Bonneau discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain
Unicode characters in passwords passed to the crypt() function. A remote
attacker could possibly use this flaw to bypass authentication.
(CVE-2012-2143)

It was discovered that a Debian/Ubuntu specific patch caused PHP to
incorrectly handle empty salt strings. A remote attacker could possibly use
this flaw to bypass...

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain Tidy::diagnose
operations on invalid objects. A remote attacker could use this flaw to
cause PHP to crash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2012-0781)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain multi-file upload
filenames. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of
service, or to perform a directory traversal attack. (CVE-2012-1172)

Rubin Xu and Joseph Bonneau discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain
Unicode characters in passwords passed to the crypt() function. A remote
attacker could possibly use this flaw to bypass authentication.
(CVE-2012-2143)

It was discovered that a Debian/Ubuntu specific patch caused PHP to
incorrectly handle empty salt strings. A remote attacker could possibly use
this flaw to bypass authentication. This issue only affected Ubuntu 10.04
LTS and Ubuntu 11.04. (CVE-2012-2317)

It was discovered that PHP, when used as a stand alone CGI processor
for the Apache Web Server, did not properly parse and filter query
strings. This could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code
running with the privilege of the web server, or to perform a denial of
service. Configurations using mod_php5 and FastCGI were not vulnerable.
(CVE-2012-2335, CVE-2012-2336)

Alexander Gavrun discovered that the PHP Phar extension incorrectly handled
certain malformed TAR files. A remote attacker could use this flaw to
perform a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2012-2386)

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
8.04 hardy php5 –  5.2.4-2ubuntu5.25
12.04 precise php5 –  5.3.10-1ubuntu3.2
11.10 oneiric php5 –  5.3.6-13ubuntu3.8
11.04 natty php5 –  5.3.5-1ubuntu7.10
10.04 lucid php5 –  5.3.2-1ubuntu4.17

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