Tuesday, July 16, 2013

[USN-1905-1] PHP vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1905-1
July 16, 2013

php5 vulnerabilities
==========================================================================

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 13.04
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in PHP.

Software Description:
- php5: HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

Details:

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled the xml_parse_into_struct
function. If a PHP application parsed untrusted XML, an attacker could use
this flaw with a specially-crafted XML document to cause PHP to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or to possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2013-4113)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled the jdtojewish function. An
attacker could use this flaw to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial
of service. (CVE-2013-4635)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 13.04:
libapache2-mod-php5 5.4.9-4ubuntu2.2
php5-cgi 5.4.9-4ubuntu2.2
php5-cli 5.4.9-4ubuntu2.2

Ubuntu 12.10:
libapache2-mod-php5 5.4.6-1ubuntu1.3
php5-cgi 5.4.6-1ubuntu1.3
php5-cli 5.4.6-1ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libapache2-mod-php5 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.7
php5-cgi 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.7
php5-cli 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.7

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
libapache2-mod-php5 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.20
php5-cgi 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.20
php5-cli 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.20

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1905-1
CVE-2013-4113, CVE-2013-4635

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/5.4.9-4ubuntu2.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/5.4.6-1ubuntu1.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/5.3.10-1ubuntu3.7
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/5.3.2-1ubuntu4.20

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