USN-3953-1: PHP vulnerabilities
php7.0, php7.2 vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in PHP.
Software Description
- php7.2 – HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter
- php7.0 – HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter
Details
It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain exif tags in JPEG
images. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- libapache2-mod-php7.2 – 7.2.17-0ubuntu0.19.04.1
- php7.2-cgi – 7.2.17-0ubuntu0.19.04.1
- php7.2-cli – 7.2.17-0ubuntu0.19.04.1
- php7.2-fpm – 7.2.17-0ubuntu0.19.04.1
- Ubuntu 18.10
- libapache2-mod-php7.2 – 7.2.17-0ubuntu0.18.10.1
- php7.2-cgi – 7.2.17-0ubuntu0.18.10.1
- php7.2-cli – 7.2.17-0ubuntu0.18.10.1
- php7.2-fpm – 7.2.17-0ubuntu0.18.10.1
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- libapache2-mod-php7.2 – 7.2.17-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
- php7.2-cgi – 7.2.17-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
- php7.2-cli – 7.2.17-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
- php7.2-fpm – 7.2.17-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libapache2-mod-php7.0 – 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.4
- php7.0-cgi – 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.4
- php7.0-cli – 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.4
- php7.0-fpm – 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.4
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.10, and Ubuntu 19.04, this update uses a new
upstream release, which includes additional bug fixes.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Source: USN-3953-1: PHP vulnerabilities
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