1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-2276-1

USN-2276-1: PHP vulnerabilities

Publication date

9 July 2014

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in PHP.

Releases

Packages

  • php5 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

Details

Francisco Alonso discovered that the PHP Fileinfo component incorrectly
handled certain CDF documents. A remote attacker could use this issue to
cause PHP to hang or crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2014-0207, CVE-2014-3478, CVE-2014-3479, CVE-2014-3480, CVE-2014-3487)

Stefan Esser discovered that PHP incorrectly handled unserializing SPL
extension objects. An attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary
code. (CVE-2014-3515)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain SPL Iterators. An
attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial
of service. (CVE-2014-4670)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled...

Francisco Alonso discovered that the PHP Fileinfo component incorrectly
handled certain CDF documents. A remote attacker could use this issue to
cause PHP to hang or crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2014-0207, CVE-2014-3478, CVE-2014-3479, CVE-2014-3480, CVE-2014-3487)

Stefan Esser discovered that PHP incorrectly handled unserializing SPL
extension objects. An attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary
code. (CVE-2014-3515)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain SPL Iterators. An
attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial
of service. (CVE-2014-4670)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain ArrayIterators. An
attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial
of service. (CVE-2014-4698)

Stefan Esser discovered that PHP incorrectly handled variable types when
calling phpinfo(). An attacker could use this issue to possibly gain access
to arbitrary memory, possibly containing sensitive information.
(CVE-2014-4721)

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-1ubuntu4.3
php5-cgi –  5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3
php5-cli –  5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3
php5-fpm –  5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3
13.10 saucy libapache2-mod-php5 –  5.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2.6
php5-cgi –  5.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2.6
php5-cli –  5.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2.6
php5-fpm –  5.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2.6
12.04 precise libapache2-mod-php5 –  5.3.10-1ubuntu3.13
php5-cgi –  5.3.10-1ubuntu3.13
php5-cli –  5.3.10-1ubuntu3.13
php5-fpm –  5.3.10-1ubuntu3.13
10.04 lucid libapache2-mod-php5 –  5.3.2-1ubuntu4.26
php5-cgi –  5.3.2-1ubuntu4.26
php5-cli –  5.3.2-1ubuntu4.26

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