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Gentoo GLSA-201408-11 High: PHP Risks Of Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey August 29, 2014
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Various PHP vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution; Gentoo users are advised to update their systems without delay.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PHP, the worst of which could 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 high severity remote execution PHP Gentoo Linux

Resolution

All PHP 5.5 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/php-5.5.16"
All PHP 5.4 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/php-5.4.32"
All PHP 5.3 users should upgrade to the latest version. This release marks the end of life of the PHP 5.3 series. Future releases of this series are not planned. All PHP 5.3 users are encouraged to upgrade to the current stable version of PHP 5.5 or previous stable version of PHP 5.4, which are supported till at least 2016 and 2015 respectively.
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/php-5.3.29"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2011-4718 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-4718 [ 2 ] CVE-2013-1635 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1635 [ 3 ] CVE-2013-1643 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1643 [ 4 ] CVE-2013-1824 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1824 [ 5 ] CVE-2013-2110 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2110 [ 6 ] CVE-2013-3735 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-3735 [ 7 ] CVE-2013-4113 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4113 [ 8 ] CVE-2013-4248 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4248 [ 9 ] CVE-2013-4635 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4635 [ 10 ] CVE-2013-4636 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4636 [ 11 ] CVE-2013-6420 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6420 [ 12 ] CVE-2013-6712 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6712 [ 13 ] CVE-2013-7226 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/201408-11
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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: August 29, 2014
Bugs: #459904, #472204, #472558, #474656, #476570, #481004,
ID: 201408-11

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity remote execution PHP Gentoo Linux

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PHP, the worst of which could 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 < 5.5.16 >= 5.5.16 *>= 5.4.32 *>= 5.3.29

Impact

===== A context-dependent attacker can cause arbitrary code execution, create a Denial of Service condition, read or write arbitrary files, impersonate other servers, hijack a web session, or have other unspecified impact. Additionally, a local attacker could gain escalated privileges.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.