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Debian Security Advisory DSA-2961-1                   security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/                      Salvatore Bonaccorso
June 16, 2014                          http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : php5
CVE ID         : CVE-2014-4049
Debian Bug     : 751364

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 parsing. A malicious
server or man-in-the-middle attacker could possibly use this flaw to
execute arbitrary code as the PHP interpreter if a PHP application uses
dns_get_record() to perform a DNS query.

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/

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

Debian: DSA-2961-1: php5 security update

June 16, 2014
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 ...

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/

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

Severity
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 parsing. A malicious
server or man-in-the-middle attacker could possibly use this flaw to
execute arbitrary code as the PHP interpreter if a PHP application uses
dns_get_record() to perform a DNS query.

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