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Debian: DSA-3344-1 High: php5 Buffer Overflows And DoS Risk

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Calendar Grey August 27, 2015
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Several security flaws discovered in PHP are detailed in Debian Security Advisory DSA-3344-1. Update php5 to incorporate essential security patches.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the PHP language: CVE-2015-4598

Summary

CVE-2015-4598

thoger at redhat dot com discovered that paths containing a NUL
character were improperly handled, thus allowing an attacker to
manipulate unexpected files on the server.

CVE-2015-4643

Max Spelsberg discovered an integer overflow flaw leading to a
heap-based buffer overflow in PHP's FTP extension, when parsing
listings in FTP server responses. This could lead to a a crash or
execution of arbitrary code.

CVE-2015-4644

A denial of service through a crash could be caused by a segfault
in the php_pgsql_meta_data function.

CVE-2015-5589

kwrnel at hotmail dot com discovered that PHP could crash when
processing an invalid phar file, thus leading to a denial of
service.

CVE-2015-5590

jared at enhancesoft dot com discovered a buffer overflow in the
phar_fix_filepath function, that could causes a crash or execution
of arbitrary code.

Additionally, several other vulnerabilites were fixed:

sean dot heelan at gmail dot com discovered a pro...

Read the Full Advisory

Package: php5
CVE ID: CVE-2015-4598 CVE-2015-4643 CVE-2015-4644 CVE-2015-5589

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