USN-4166-1: PHP vulnerability
php7.0, php7.2, php7.3 vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.10
- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
PHP could be made to run programs if it received specially crafted network
traffic.
Software Description
- php7.3 – HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter
- php7.2 – HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter
- php7.0 – HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter
Details
It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain paths when being
used in FastCGI configurations. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 19.10
- libapache2-mod-php7.3 – 7.3.11-0ubuntu0.19.10.1
- php7.3-cgi – 7.3.11-0ubuntu0.19.10.1
- php7.3-cli – 7.3.11-0ubuntu0.19.10.1
- php7.3-fpm – 7.3.11-0ubuntu0.19.10.1
- Ubuntu 19.04
- libapache2-mod-php7.2 – 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.19.04.1
- php7.2-cgi – 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.19.04.1
- php7.2-cli – 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.19.04.1
- php7.2-fpm – 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.19.04.1
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- libapache2-mod-php7.2 – 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
- php7.2-cgi – 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
- php7.2-cli – 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
- php7.2-fpm – 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libapache2-mod-php7.0 – 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.7
- php7.0-cgi – 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.7
- php7.0-cli – 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.7
- php7.0-fpm – 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.7
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-4166-1: PHP vulnerability
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