USN-6199-1: PHP vulnerability

Publication date

3 July 2023

Overview

PHP could be made to expose sensitive information.


Packages

  • php7.4 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter
  • php8.1 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

Details

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain Digest
authentication for SOAP. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to expose sensitive information.

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain Digest
authentication for SOAP. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to expose sensitive information.

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:


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