Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2572-1
20th April, 2015
php5 vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- 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 cleanup when used with
Apache 2.4. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2015-3330)
It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled opening tar, zip or phar
archives through the PHAR extension. A remote attacker could use this issue
to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-3329)
It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled regular expressions. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-2305)
Paulos Yibelo discovered that PHP incorrectly handled moving files when a
pathname contained a null character. A remote attacker could use this issue
to possibly bypass filename restrictions. This issue only applied to
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.10. (CVE-2015-2348)
It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled unserializing PHAR files. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to possibly expose
sensitive information. (CVE-2015-2783)
Taoguang Chen discovered that PHP incorrectly handled unserializing certain
objects. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2015-2787)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 14.10:
-
php5-cli
5.5.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.4
-
php5-cgi
5.5.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.4
-
libapache2-mod-php5
5.5.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.4
-
php5-fpm
5.5.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.4
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
php5-cli
5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.9
-
php5-cgi
5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.9
-
libapache2-mod-php5
5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.9
-
php5-fpm
5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.9
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
-
php5-cli
5.3.10-1ubuntu3.18
-
php5-cgi
5.3.10-1ubuntu3.18
-
libapache2-mod-php5
5.3.10-1ubuntu3.18
-
php5-fpm
5.3.10-1ubuntu3.18
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
-
php5-cli
5.3.2-1ubuntu4.30
-
php5-cgi
5.3.2-1ubuntu4.30
-
libapache2-mod-php5
5.3.2-1ubuntu4.30
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.