1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3600-1

USN-3600-1: PHP vulnerabilities

Publication date

19 March 2018

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in PHP.

Releases

Packages

  • php5 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter
  • php7.0 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter
  • php7.1 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

Details

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain stream metadata. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to set arbitrary metadata.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-10712)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled the PHAR 404 error page. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to conduct cross-site
scripting (XSS) attacks. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 17.10. (CVE-2018-5712)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled parsing certain HTTP
responses. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2018-7584)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain stream metadata. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to set arbitrary metadata.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-10712)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled the PHAR 404 error page. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to conduct cross-site
scripting (XSS) attacks. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 17.10. (CVE-2018-5712)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled parsing certain HTTP
responses. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2018-7584)

Update instructions

In Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 17.10, this update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug fixes. 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
17.10 artful libapache2-mod-php7.1 –  7.1.15-0ubuntu0.17.10.1
php7.1-cgi –  7.1.15-0ubuntu0.17.10.1
php7.1-cli –  7.1.15-0ubuntu0.17.10.1
php7.1-fpm –  7.1.15-0ubuntu0.17.10.1
16.04 xenial libapache2-mod-php7.0 –  7.0.28-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
php7.0-cgi –  7.0.28-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
php7.0-cli –  7.0.28-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
php7.0-fpm –  7.0.28-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 trusty libapache2-mod-php5 –  5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.24
php5-cgi –  5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.24
php5-cli –  5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.24
php5-fpm –  5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.24

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