Ubuntu Security Notices
USN-1042-2

USN-1042-2: PHP5 regression

Publication date

13 January 2011

Overview

Releases

10.10 10.04 9.10 8.04 6.06

Packages

php5 -

Details

USN-1042-1 fixed vulnerabilities in PHP5. The fix for CVE-2010-3436
introduced a regression in the open_basedir restriction handling code.
This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that attackers might be able to bypass open_basedir()
restrictions by passing a specially crafted filename. (CVE-2010-3436)

USN-1042-1 fixed vulnerabilities in PHP5. The fix for CVE-2010-3436
introduced a regression in the open_basedir restriction handling code.
This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that attackers might be able to bypass open_basedir()
restrictions by passing a specially crafted filename. (CVE-2010-3436)

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
9.10 karmic	php5-cli – 5.2.10.dfsg.1-2ubuntu6.7
	php5-cgi – 5.2.10.dfsg.1-2ubuntu6.7
	libapache2-mod-php5 – 5.2.10.dfsg.1-2ubuntu6.7
8.04 hardy	php5-cli – 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.14
	php5-cgi – 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.14
	libapache2-mod-php5 – 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.14
6.06 dapper	php5-cli – 5.1.2-1ubuntu3.21
	php5-cgi – 5.1.2-1ubuntu3.21
	libapache2-mod-php5 – 5.1.2-1ubuntu3.21
10.10 maverick	php5-cli – 5.3.3-1ubuntu9.3
	php5-cgi – 5.3.3-1ubuntu9.3
	libapache2-mod-php5 – 5.3.3-1ubuntu9.3
10.04 lucid	php5-cli – 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.7
	php5-cgi – 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.7
	libapache2-mod-php5 – 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.7

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References

https://launchpad.net/bugs/701765