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Critical PHP5 Heap Overflow Vulnerability Found in Debian 7 DSA-2961-1

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Calendar Grey June 16, 2014
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3821-1 addresses a vital php7 vulnerability due to a buffer overflow flaw.
It was discovered that PHP, a general-purpose scripting language commonly used for web application development, is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow in the DNS TXT record ...
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Summary

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 5.4.4-14+deb7u11.

For the testing distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 5.6.0~beta4+dfsg-3.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 5.6.0~beta4+dfsg-3.

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-2014-4049

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