Ubuntu Security Notices
USN-1872-1

USN-1872-1: PHP vulnerability

Publication date

11 June 2013

Overview

PHP could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted input.

Releases

13.04

Packages

php5 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

Details

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled the quoted_printable_encode
function. An attacker could use this flaw to cause PHP to crash, resulting
in a denial of service, or to possibly execute arbitrary code.

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
13.04 raring	php5 – 5.4.9-4ubuntu2.1

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References

CVE-2013-2110

CVE-2013-2110