USN-3902-2: PHP vulnerabilities
php5 vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in PHP.
Software Description
- php5 – HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter
Details
USN-3902-1 fixed a vulnerability in PHP. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that the PHP XML-RPC module incorrectly handled decoding
XML data. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PHP to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-9020, CVE-2019-9024)
It was discovered that the PHP PHAR module incorrectly handled certain
filenames. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PHP to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-9021)
It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled mbstring regular
expressions. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PHP
to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-9023)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
- libapache2-mod-php5 – 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.33
- php5-cgi – 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.33
- php5-cli – 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.33
- php5-fpm – 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.33
- php5-xmlrpc – 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.33
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Source: USN-3902-2: PHP vulnerabilities
