1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3953-2

USN-3953-2: PHP vulnerabilities

Publication date

1 May 2019

Overview

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.

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

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
14.04 trusty libapache2-mod-php5 –  5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm1
php5-fpm –  5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm1
php5-cgi –  5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm1
php5-cli –  5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm1
12.04 precise libapache2-mod-php5 –  5.3.10-1ubuntu3.35
php5-fpm –  5.3.10-1ubuntu3.35
php5-cgi –  5.3.10-1ubuntu3.35
php5-cli –  5.3.10-1ubuntu3.35

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