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Gentoo PHP Security Advisory GLSA-202501-11 High: Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey January 23, 2025
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
A recent notice from Gentoo highlights several critical vulnerabilities in PHP, raising alarms about potential remote code execution risks.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PHP, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

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 software update code execution PHP arbitrary execution

Resolution

All PHP users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/php-8.2.24:8.2" # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/php-8.3.12:8.3"
Gentoo has discontinued support for php 8.1:
# emerge --ask --verbose --depclean "dev-lang/php:8.1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2024-8925 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8925 [ 2 ] CVE-2024-8927 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8927 [ 3 ] CVE-2024-9026 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9026

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202501-11
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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: January 23, 2025
Bugs: #941598
ID: 202501-11

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo high severity software update code execution PHP arbitrary execution

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PHP, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

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 ------------ ------------ ------------- dev-lang/php < 8.1.30:8.1 Vulnerable! < 8.2.24:8.2 >= 8.2.24:8.2 < 8.3.12:8.3 >= 8.3.12:8.3

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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