USN-2786-1: PHP vulnerabilities

Publication date

28 October 2015

Overview

PHP could be made to crash if it processed a specially crafted file.


Packages

  • php5 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

Details

It was discovered that the PHP phar extension incorrectly handled certain
files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-7803, CVE-2015-7804)

It was discovered that the PHP phar extension incorrectly handled certain
files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-7803, CVE-2015-7804)

Update instructions

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

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