Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2786-1
28th October, 2015
php5 vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 15.10
- Ubuntu 15.04
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary
PHP could be made to crash if it processed a specially crafted file.
Software description
- php5
– HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter
Details
It was discovered that the PHP phar extension incorrectly handled certain
files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-7803, CVE-2015-7804)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 15.10:
-
php5-cli
5.6.11+dfsg-1ubuntu3.1
-
php5-cgi
5.6.11+dfsg-1ubuntu3.1
-
libapache2-mod-php5
5.6.11+dfsg-1ubuntu3.1
-
php5-fpm
5.6.11+dfsg-1ubuntu3.1
- Ubuntu 15.04:
-
php5-cli
5.6.4+dfsg-4ubuntu6.4
-
php5-cgi
5.6.4+dfsg-4ubuntu6.4
-
libapache2-mod-php5
5.6.4+dfsg-4ubuntu6.4
-
php5-fpm
5.6.4+dfsg-4ubuntu6.4
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
php5-cli
5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.14
-
php5-cgi
5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.14
-
libapache2-mod-php5
5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.14
-
php5-fpm
5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.14
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
-
php5-cli
5.3.10-1ubuntu3.21
-
php5-cgi
5.3.10-1ubuntu3.21
-
libapache2-mod-php5
5.3.10-1ubuntu3.21
-
php5-fpm
5.3.10-1ubuntu3.21
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.