1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-7049-2

USN-7049-2: PHP vulnerabilities

Publication date

14 November 2024

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in PHP.

Releases

Packages

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

Details

USN-7049-1 fixed vulnerabilities in PHP. This update provides the
corresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled parsing multipart form
data. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to inject payloads
and cause PHP to ignore legitimate data. (CVE-2024-8925)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled the cgi.force_redirect
configuration option due to environment variable collisions. In certain
configurations, an attacker could possibly use this issue bypass
force_redirect restrictions. (CVE-2024-8927)

USN-7049-1 fixed vulnerabilities in PHP. This update provides the
corresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled parsing multipart form
data. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to inject payloads
and cause PHP to ignore legitimate data. (CVE-2024-8925)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled the cgi.force_redirect
configuration option due to environment variable collisions. In certain
configurations, an attacker could possibly use this issue bypass
force_redirect restrictions. (CVE-2024-8927)

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 libapache2-mod-php7.2 –  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm6  
php7.2-cgi –  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm6  
php7.2-cli –  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm6  
php7.2-fpm –  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm6  
16.04 xenial libapache2-mod-php7.0 –  7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm12  
php7.0-cgi –  7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm12  
php7.0-cli –  7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm12  
php7.0-fpm –  7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm12  

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