1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-375-1

USN-375-1: PHP vulnerability

Publication date

3 November 2006

Overview

PHP vulnerability

Releases

Details

Stefan Esser discovered two buffer overflows in the htmlentities() and
htmlspecialchars() functions. By supplying specially crafted input to
PHP applications which process that input with these functions, a
remote attacker could potentially exploit this to execute arbitrary
code with the privileges of the application. (CVE-2006-5465)

This update also fixes bugs in the chdir() and tempnam() functions,
which did not perform proper open_basedir checks. This could allow
local scripts to bypass intended restrictions.

Stefan Esser discovered two buffer overflows in the htmlentities() and
htmlspecialchars() functions. By supplying specially crafted input to
PHP applications which process that input with these functions, a
remote attacker could potentially exploit this to execute arbitrary
code with the privileges of the application. (CVE-2006-5465)

This update also fixes bugs in the chdir() and tempnam() functions,
which did not perform proper open_basedir checks. This could allow
local scripts to bypass intended restrictions.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect 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
6.10 edgy php5-cli –  5.1.6-1ubuntu2.1
libapache2-mod-php5 –  5.1.6-1ubuntu2.1
6.06 dapper php5-cli –  5.1.2-1ubuntu3.4
libapache2-mod-php5 –  5.1.2-1ubuntu3.4
5.10 breezy php5-cli –  5.0.5-2ubuntu1.6
libapache2-mod-php5 –  5.0.5-2ubuntu1.6

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