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Gentoo: GLSA-201606-10 Normal: Multiple PHP DoS And Code Execution Threats

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Calendar Grey June 19, 2016
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Various security flaws in PHP may result in Denial of Service attacks or the execution of arbitrary code. An update is strongly advised.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in PHP, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution, or cause a Denial of Service condition

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 denial of service gentoo code execution php

Resolution

All PHP 5.4 users should upgrade to the latest 5.5 stable branch, as PHP 5.4 is now masked in Portage: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev=lang/php-5.5.33"
All PHP 5.5 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev=lang/php-5.5.33"
All PHP 5.6 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev=lang/php-5.6.19"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2013-6501 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6501 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-9705 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9705 [ 3 ] CVE-2014-9709 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9709 [ 4 ] CVE-2015-0231 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0231 [ 5 ] CVE-2015-0273 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0273 [ 6 ] CVE-2015-1351 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1351 [ 7 ] CVE-2015-1352 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1352 [ 8 ] CVE-2015-2301 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2301 [ 9 ] CVE-2015-2348 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2348 [ 10 ] CVE-2015-2783 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2783 [ 11 ] CVE-2015-2787 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2787 [ 12 ] CVE-2015-3329 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3329 [ 13 ] CVE-2015-3330 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/201606-10
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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: Normal
Title: PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: June 19, 2016
Bugs: #537586, #541098, #544186, #544330, #546872, #549538,
ID: 201606-10

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo code execution php

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in PHP, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution, or cause a Denial of Service condition.

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 < 5.6.19 >= 5.6.19 *>= 5.5.33

Impact

===== An attacker can possibly execute arbitrary code or create a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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