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Debian PHP 4 DSA 789-1 Moderate: Multiple Security Fixes

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Calendar Grey August 29, 2005
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Vulnerabilities in outdated PHP 4 modules have been patched through recent updates. It is crucial to update your packages to uphold security standards.
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Summary


Eric Romang discovered insecure temporary files in the shtool
utility shipped with PHP that can exploited by a local attacker to
overwrite arbitrary files. Only this vulnerability affects
packages in oldstable.

CAN-2005-1921

GulfTech has discovered that PEAR XML_RPC is vulnerable to a
remote PHP code execution vulnerability that may allow an attacker
to compromise a vulnerable server.

CAN-2005-2498

Stefan Esser discovered another vulnerability in the XML-RPC
libraries that allows injection of arbitrary PHP code into eval()
statements.

For the old stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in
version 4.1.2-7.woody5.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in
version 4.3.10-16.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in
version 4.4.0-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your PHP packages.


Upgrade Instructions
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