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Debian: DSA-2403-1 Critical: PHP5 Code Injection Remote Attack

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Calendar Grey February 2, 2012
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The Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4429-1 highlights a severe vulnerability within PHP7 that impacts the session.gc_probability setting.
Stefan Esser discovered that the implementation of the max_input_vars configuration variable in a recent PHP security update was flawed such that it allows remote attackers to cras...
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Summary

For the oldstable distribution (lenny), no fix is available at this time.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 5.3.3-7+squeeze7.

The testing distribution (wheezy) and unstable distribution (sid)
will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your php5 packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: php5
CVE ID: CVE-2012-0830

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