Ubuntu Security Notices
USN-4583-2

USN-4583-2: PHP vulnerabilities

Publication date

27 October 2020

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in PHP.

Releases

20.10

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)

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

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
20.10 groovy	libapache2-mod-php7.4 – 7.4.9-1ubuntu1.1
	php7.4-cgi – 7.4.9-1ubuntu1.1
	php7.4-cli – 7.4.9-1ubuntu1.1
	php7.4-curl – 7.4.9-1ubuntu1.1
	php7.4-fpm – 7.4.9-1ubuntu1.1

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References

USN-4583-1

USN-4583-1