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Gentoo: GLSA-200811-05 Normal: PHP Remote Code Execution Issues

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Calendar Grey November 16, 2008
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Security flaws in PHP on Gentoo could enable remote execution of code. Prompt updates advised to mitigate risks.
PHP contains several vulnerabilities including buffer and integer overflows which could lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200811-05 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: November 16, 2008 Bugs: #209148, #212211, #215266, #228369, #230575, #234102 ID: 200811-05

Synopsis ======= PHP contains several vulnerabilities including buffer and integer overflows which could lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-lang/php < 5.2.6-r6 >= 5.2.6-r6
========== Several vulnerabilitites were found...

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