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Debian: DSA-3698-1 Critical: PHP5 Security Flaws Resolved

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Calendar Grey October 24, 2016
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Update PHP to version 5.6.27 to resolve various security vulnerabilities and improve the overall safety of your web applications.
Several vulnerabilities were found in PHP, a general-purpose scripting language commonly used for web application development
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Summary

The vulnerabilities are addressed by upgrading PHP to the new upstream
version 5.6.27, which includes additional bug fixes. Please refer to the
upstream changelog for more information:

https://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 5.6.27+dfsg-0+deb8u1.

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: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: php5
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