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Gentoo: GLSA-202003-57 High: PHP Multiple Command Risks

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Calendar Grey March 26, 2020
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Numerous flaws in PHP may enable unrestricted command execution on Gentoo Linux systems. Update immediately for safeguarding!
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in PHP, the worst of which could result in the execution of arbitrary shell commands.

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 PHP execution risk

Resolution

All PHP 7.2.x users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/php-7.2.29"
All PHP 7.3.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/php-7.3.16"
All PHP 7.4.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/php-7.4.4"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2018-19518 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19518 [ 2 ] CVE-2020-7059 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7059 [ 3 ] CVE-2020-7060 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7060 [ 4 ] CVE-2020-7061 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7061 [ 5 ] CVE-2020-7062 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7062 [ 6 ] CVE-2020-7063 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7063 [ 7 ] CVE-2020-7064 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7064 [ 8 ] CVE-2020-7065 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7065 [ 9 ] CVE-2020-7066 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7066

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-57
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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: March 26, 2020
Bugs: #671872, #706168, #710304, #713484
ID: 202003-57

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo high severity PHP execution risk

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in PHP, the worst of which could result in the execution of arbitrary shell commands.

Background

PHP is an open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-lang/php < 7.4.4 *>= 7.2.29 *>= 7.3.16 *>= 7.4.4

Impact

===== An attacker could possibly execute arbitrary shell commands, cause a Denial of Service condition or obtain sensitive information.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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