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Gentoo: GLSA-201209-03 High Severity PHP Threats: Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey September 24, 2012
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo administrators encounter a critical alert aimed at addressing PHP weaknesses that could lead to remote code execution and service disruptions.
Multiple vulnerabilities were found in PHP, the worst of which lead 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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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo high severity code execution remote execution Denial of Service PHP

Resolution

All PHP users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/php-5.3.15"
All PHP users on ARM should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/php-5.4.5"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2011-1398 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1398 [ 2 ] CVE-2011-3379 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-3379 [ 3 ] CVE-2011-4566 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-4566 [ 4 ] CVE-2011-4885 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-4885 [ 5 ] CVE-2012-0057 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0057 [ 6 ] CVE-2012-0788 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0788 [ 7 ] CVE-2012-0789 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0789 [ 8 ] CVE-2012-0830 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0830 [ 9 ] CVE-2012-0831 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0831 [ 10 ] CVE-2012-1172 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1172 [ 11 ] CVE-2012-1823 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1823 [ 12 ] CVE-2012-2143 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2143 [ 13 ] CVE-2012-2311 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/201209-03
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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: September 24, 2012
Bugs: #384301, #396311, #396533, #399247, #399567, #399573,
ID: 201209-03

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo high severity code execution remote execution Denial of Service PHP

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in PHP, the worst of which lead 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 < 5.3.15 >= 5.3.15 < 5.4.5 >= 5.4.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------- # Package 1 only applies to users of these architectures: arm

Impact

===== A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, obtain sensitive information, create arbitrary files, conduct directory traversal attacks, bypass protection mechanisms, or perform further attacks with unspecified impact.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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