Ubuntu Security Notices
USN-6305-3

USN-6305-3: PHP regression

Publication date

3 July 2024

Overview

USN-6305-2 caused a regression in parsing XML.

Releases

18.04 LTS 16.04 LTS

Packages

php7.0 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter
php7.2 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

Details

USN-6305-2 fixed a vulnerability in PHP. The update caused a regression
in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. This update fix it.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain XML files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.
(CVE-2023-3823)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain PHAR files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash,
expose sensitive information or execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2023-3824)

USN-6305-2 fixed a vulnerability in PHP. The update caused a regression
in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. This update fix it.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain XML files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.
(CVE-2023-3823)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain PHAR files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash,
expose sensitive information or execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2023-3824)

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
18.04 bionic	php7.2 – 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm4
	php7.2-cgi – 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm4
	php7.2-cli – 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm4
	php7.2-fpm – 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm4
	php7.2-xml – 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm4
	php7.2-xmlrpc – 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm4
16.04 xenial	php7.0 – 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm10
	php7.0-cgi – 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm10
	php7.0-cli – 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm10
	php7.0-fpm – 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm10
	php7.0-xml – 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm10
	php7.0-xmlrpc – 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm10

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References

https://launchpad.net/bugs/2071768