PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language. PHP attempts to make it
easy for developers to write dynamically generated web pages. PHP also
offers built-in database integration for several commercial and
non-commercial database management systems, so writing a
database-enabled webpage with PHP is fairly simple. The most common
use of PHP coding is probably as a replacement for CGI scripts.
The php package contains the module (often referred to as mod_php)
which adds support for the PHP language to Apache HTTP Server.
Update Information:
14 May 2015, **PHP 5.6.9**
Core:
* Fixed bug #69467 (Wrong checked for the interface by using Trait). (Laruence)
* Fixed bug #69420 (Invalid read in zend_std_get_method). (Laruence)
* Fixed bug #60022 ("use statement [...] has no effect" depends on leading backslash). (Nikita)
* Fixed bug #67314 (Segmentation fault in gc_remove_zval_from_buffer). (Dmitry)
* Fixed bug #68652 (segmentation fault in destructor). (Dmitry)
* Fixed bug #69419 (Returning compatible sub generator produces a warning). (Nikita)
* Fixed bug #69472 (php_sys_readlink ignores misc errors from GetFinalPathNameByHandleA). (Jan Starke)
* Fixed bug #69364 (PHP Multipart/form-data remote dos Vulnerability). (Stas)
* Fixed bug #69403 (str_repeat() sign mismatch based memory corruption). (Stas)
* Fixed bug #69418 (CVE-2006-7243 fix regressions in 5.4+). (Stas)
* Fixed bug #69522 (heap buffer overflow in unpack()). (Stas)
FTP: * Fixed bug #69545 (Integer overflow in ftp_genlist() resulting in heap overflow)...
Read the Full Advisory* Fri May 15 2015 Remi Collet
[ 1 ] Bug #1222485 - CVE-2015-4024 PHP Multipart/form-data remote dos Vulnerability
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222485
[ 2 ] Bug #1223408 - CVE-2015-4025 php: CVE-2006-7243 regressions in 5.4+
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1223408
[ 3 ] Bug #1223412 - CVE-2015-4022 php: integer overflow on reading FTP server data leading to heap overflow
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1223412
[ 4 ] Bug #1223422 - CVE-2015-4026 php: pcntl_exec() does not check path validity
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1223422
[ 5 ] Bug #1223425 - CVE-2015-4021 php: memory corruption in phar_parse_tarfile when entry filename starts with NULL
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1223425
This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update php' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .
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