USN-3211-2: PHP regression Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3211-2 2nd March, 2017 php7.0 regression A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 16.10 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary USN-3211-1 introduced a regression in PHP. Software description php7.0 – HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter Details USN-3211-1 fixed vulnerabilities in PHP by updating to the new 7.0.15upstream release. PHP 7.0.15 introduced a regression when using MySQL withlarge blobs. This update fixes the problem with a backported fix. Original advisory details: It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain invalid objects when unserializing data. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-7479) It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain invalid objects when unserializing data. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, [ more… ]