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Debian Security Advisory DSA-2816-1                   security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/                           Thijs Kinkhorst
December 12, 2013                      http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : php5
Vulnerability  : several
Problem type   : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID         : CVE-2013-6420 CVE-2013-6712
Debian Bug     : 731112 731895

Several vulnerabilities were found in PHP, a general-purpose scripting
language commonly used for web application development. The Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following issues:

CVE-2013-6420

    Stefan Esser reported possible memory corruption in
    openssl_x509_parse().

CVE-2013-6712

    Creating DateInterval objects from parsed ISO dates was
    not properly restricted, which allowed to cause a
    denial of service.

In addition, the update for Debian 7 "Wheezy" contains several bugfixes
originally targeted for the upcoming Wheezy point release.

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in
version 5.3.3-7+squeeze18.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in
version 5.4.4-14+deb7u7.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 5.5.6+dfsg-2.

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/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Debian: DSA-2816-1: php5 security update

December 12, 2013
Several vulnerabilities were found in PHP, a general-purpose scripting language commonly used for web application development

Summary

CVE-2013-6420

Stefan Esser reported possible memory corruption in
openssl_x509_parse().

CVE-2013-6712

Creating DateInterval objects from parsed ISO dates was
not properly restricted, which allowed to cause a
denial of service.

In addition, the update for Debian 7 "Wheezy" contains several bugfixes
originally targeted for the upcoming Wheezy point release.

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in
version 5.3.3-7+squeeze18.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in
version 5.4.4-14+deb7u7.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 5.5.6+dfsg-2.

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/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Severity
Several vulnerabilities were found in PHP, a general-purpose scripting
language commonly used for web application development. The Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following issues:

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