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Gentoo: GLSA-201702-29 Normal: PHP Code Execution and DoS Issues

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Calendar Grey February 21, 2017
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
The Gentoo Linux security advisory GLSA 202303-14 highlights several vulnerabilities in PHP, encompassing potential arbitrary code execution and denial of service (DoS) risks.
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 Gentoo code execution Denial of Service PHP normal

Resolution

All PHP 5.6 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/php-5.6.30:5.6"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2016-10158 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-10158 [ 2 ] CVE-2016-10159 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-10159 [ 3 ] CVE-2016-10160 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-10160 [ 4 ] CVE-2016-10161 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-10161 [ 5 ] CVE-2016-9935 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9935

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-29
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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: February 21, 2017
Bugs: #604776, #606626
ID: 201702-29

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo code execution Denial of Service PHP normal

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 < 5.6.30 >= 5.6.30

Impact

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

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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