1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-462-1

USN-462-1: PHP vulnerabilities

Publication date

22 May 2007

Overview

PHP vulnerabilities

Releases

Details

A flaw was discovered in the FTP command handler in PHP. Commands were
not correctly filtered for control characters. An attacker could issue
arbitrary FTP commands using specially crafted arguments. (CVE-2007-2509)

Ilia Alshanetsky discovered a buffer overflow in the SOAP request handler
in PHP. Remote attackers could send a specially crafted SOAP request
and execute arbitrary code with web server privileges. (CVE-2007-2510)

Ilia Alshanetsky discovered a buffer overflow in the user filter factory
in PHP. A local attacker could create a specially crafted script and
execute arbitrary code with web server privileges. (CVE-2007-2511)

Gregory Beaver discovered that the PEAR installer did not validate
installation paths. If a user were tricked into installing a malicious
PEAR package, an attacker could overwrite...

A flaw was discovered in the FTP command handler in PHP. Commands were
not correctly filtered for control characters. An attacker could issue
arbitrary FTP commands using specially crafted arguments. (CVE-2007-2509)

Ilia Alshanetsky discovered a buffer overflow in the SOAP request handler
in PHP. Remote attackers could send a specially crafted SOAP request
and execute arbitrary code with web server privileges. (CVE-2007-2510)

Ilia Alshanetsky discovered a buffer overflow in the user filter factory
in PHP. A local attacker could create a specially crafted script and
execute arbitrary code with web server privileges. (CVE-2007-2511)

Gregory Beaver discovered that the PEAR installer did not validate
installation paths. If a user were tricked into installing a malicious
PEAR package, an attacker could overwrite arbitrary files. (CVE-2007-2519)

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
7.04 feisty php5-cli –  5.2.1-0ubuntu1.2
php-pear –  5.2.1-0ubuntu1.2
libapache2-mod-php5 –  5.2.1-0ubuntu1.2
php5-cgi –  5.2.1-0ubuntu1.2
php5-xmlrpc –  5.2.1-0ubuntu1.2
6.10 edgy php5-cli –  5.1.6-1ubuntu2.5
php-pear –  5.1.6-1ubuntu2.5
libapache2-mod-php5 –  5.1.6-1ubuntu2.5
php5-cgi –  5.1.6-1ubuntu2.5
php5-xmlrpc –  5.1.6-1ubuntu2.5
6.06 dapper php5-cli –  5.1.2-1ubuntu3.8
php-pear –  5.1.2-1ubuntu3.8
libapache2-mod-php5 –  5.1.2-1ubuntu3.8
php5-cgi –  5.1.2-1ubuntu3.8
php5-xmlrpc –  5.1.2-1ubuntu3.8

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