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Gentoo GLSA-201110-06 High: PHP Multiple Risks and Code Execution Issues

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Calendar Grey October 11, 2011
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
PHP security flaws highlighted in the recent Gentoo Linux announcement reveal critical threats related to arbitrary code execution and potential information disclosure.
Multiple vulnerabilities were found in PHP, the worst of which leading to remote execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PHP. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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security advisory high severity gentoo php remote code execution multiple risks

Resolution

All PHP users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/php-5.3.8"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2006-7243 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2006-7243 [ 2 ] CVE-2009-5016 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-5016 [ 3 ] CVE-2010-1128 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-1128 [ 4 ] CVE-2010-1129 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-1129 [ 5 ] CVE-2010-1130 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-1130 [ 6 ] CVE-2010-1860 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-1860 [ 7 ] CVE-2010-1861 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-1861 [ 8 ] CVE-2010-1862 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-1862 [ 9 ] CVE-2010-1864 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-1864 [ 10 ] CVE-2010-1866 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-1866 [ 11 ] CVE-2010-1868 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-1868 [ 12 ] CVE-2010-1914 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-1914 [ 13 ] CVE-2010-1915 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvena...

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Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201110-06
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: High
Title: PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: October 10, 2011
Bugs: #306939, #332039, #340807, #350908, #355399, #358791,
ID: 201110-06

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security advisory high severity gentoo php remote code execution multiple risks

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in PHP, the worst of which leading to 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.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-lang/php < 5.3.8 >= 5.3.8

Impact

===== A context-dependent attacker could execute arbitrary code, obtain sensitive information from process memory, bypass intended access restrictions, or cause a Denial of Service in various ways. A remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service in various ways, bypass spam detections, or bypass open_basedir restrictions.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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