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Gentoo: 202012-16 Low Severity: PHP Denial Of Service Risks

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Calendar Grey December 23, 2020
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several PHP security flaws discovered in Gentoo, posing risks for Denial of Service incidents. Urgent patching advised.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in PHP, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PHP. Please review the CVE identifiers and change log referenced below for details.

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security advisory denial of service Gentoo update gentoo php vulnerability low severity PHP

Resolution

All PHP 7.2.x users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/php-7.2.34-r1:7.2"
All PHP 7.3.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/php-7.3.25:7.3"
All PHP 7.4.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/php-7.4.13:7.4"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-7069 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7069 [ 2 ] CVE-2020-7070 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7070 [ 3 ] PHP 7.4.13 Change Log https://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php#7.4.13

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-16
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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.

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Severity: Low
Title: PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: December 23, 2020
Bugs: #711140, #745993, #756775
ID: 202012-16

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Gentoo update gentoo php vulnerability low severity PHP

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in PHP, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

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 < 8.0.0 >= 7.2.34-r1:7.2 >= 7.3.25:7.3 >= 7.4.13:7.4

Impact

===== An attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition or obtain sensitive information.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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