1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-2254-1

USN-2254-1: PHP vulnerabilities

Publication date

23 June 2014

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in PHP.

Releases

Packages

  • php5 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

Details

Christian Hoffmann discovered that the PHP FastCGI Process Manager (FPM)
set incorrect permissions on the UNIX socket. A local attacker could use
this issue to possibly elevate their privileges. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 13.10, and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-0185)

Francisco Alonso discovered that the PHP Fileinfo component incorrectly
handled certain CDF documents. A remote attacker could use this issue to
cause PHP to hang or crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2014-0237, CVE-2014-0238)

Stefan Esser discovered that PHP incorrectly handled DNS TXT records. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-4049)

Christian Hoffmann discovered that the PHP FastCGI Process Manager (FPM)
set incorrect permissions on the UNIX socket. A local attacker could use
this issue to possibly elevate their privileges. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 13.10, and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-0185)

Francisco Alonso discovered that the PHP Fileinfo component incorrectly
handled certain CDF documents. A remote attacker could use this issue to
cause PHP to hang or crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2014-0237, CVE-2014-0238)

Stefan Esser discovered that PHP incorrectly handled DNS TXT records. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-4049)

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
14.04 trusty libapache2-mod-php5 –  5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.1
php5-cgi –  5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.1
php5-cli –  5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.1
php5-fpm –  5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.1
13.10 saucy libapache2-mod-php5 –  5.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2.4
php5-cgi –  5.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2.4
php5-cli –  5.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2.4
php5-fpm –  5.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2.4
12.04 precise libapache2-mod-php5 –  5.3.10-1ubuntu3.12
php5-cgi –  5.3.10-1ubuntu3.12
php5-cli –  5.3.10-1ubuntu3.12
php5-fpm –  5.3.10-1ubuntu3.12
10.04 lucid libapache2-mod-php5 –  5.3.2-1ubuntu4.25
php5-cgi –  5.3.2-1ubuntu4.25
php5-cli –  5.3.2-1ubuntu4.25

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