USN-3953-2: PHP vulnerabilities
php5 vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
- Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in PHP.
Software Description
- php5 – HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter
Details
USN-3953-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in PHP. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
Original advisory 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 14.04 ESM
- libapache2-mod-php5 – 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm1
- php5-cgi – 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm1
- php5-cli – 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm1
- php5-fpm – 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm1
- Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
- libapache2-mod-php5 – 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.35
- php5-cgi – 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.35
- php5-cli – 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.35
- php5-fpm – 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.35
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-3953-2: PHP vulnerabilities