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  2. USN-4279-1

USN-4279-1: PHP vulnerabilities

Publication date

17 February 2020

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in PHP.

Releases

Packages

  • php5 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter
  • php7.0 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter
  • php7.2 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter
  • php7.3 - server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (metapackage)

Details

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain scripts.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 ESM, Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
(CVE-2015-9253)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.
(CVE-2020-7059)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
and Ubuntu 19.10. (CVE-2020-7060)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain scripts.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 ESM, Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
(CVE-2015-9253)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.
(CVE-2020-7059)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
and Ubuntu 19.10. (CVE-2020-7060)

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
19.10 eoan libapache2-mod-php7.3 –  7.3.11-0ubuntu0.19.10.3
php7.3-cgi –  7.3.11-0ubuntu0.19.10.3
php7.3-cli –  7.3.11-0ubuntu0.19.10.3
php7.3-fpm –  7.3.11-0ubuntu0.19.10.3
18.04 bionic libapache2-mod-php7.2 –  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.3
php7.2-cgi –  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.3
php7.2-cli –  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.3
php7.2-fpm –  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.3
16.04 xenial libapache2-mod-php7.0 –  7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.11
php7.0-cgi –  7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.11
php7.0-cli –  7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.11
php7.0-fpm –  7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.11
14.04 trusty libapache2-mod-php5 –  5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm10
php5-cgi –  5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm10
php5-cli –  5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm10
php5-fpm –  5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm10
12.04 precise libapache2-mod-php5 –  5.3.10-1ubuntu3.44
php5-cgi –  5.3.10-1ubuntu3.44
php5-cli –  5.3.10-1ubuntu3.44
php5-fpm –  5.3.10-1ubuntu3.44

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