Debian: DSA-2527-1 Critical: PHP5 Remote Code Execution Issues
debian
August 13, 2012
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in PHP, the web scripting language
Summary
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in PHP, the web scripting
language. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies
the following issues:
CVE-2012-2688
A buffer overflow in the scandir() function could lead to denial of
service of the execution of arbitrary code.
CVE-2012-3450
It was discovered that inconsistent parsing of PDO prepared
statements could lead to denial of service.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 5.3.3-7+squeeze14.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 5.4.4-4.
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-2012-2688 CVE-2012-3450
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