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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 RHSA-2011:0195-01 Moderate PHP Update

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Calendar Grey February 3, 2011
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Revised PHP packages mitigate existing security vulnerabilities for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, introducing recent updates and resources.
Updated php packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

Summary

PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language commonly used with the Apache HTTP Server.
A flaw was found in the way PHP converted certain floating point values from string representation to a number. If a PHP script evaluated an attacker's input in a numeric context, the PHP interpreter could cause high CPU usage until the script execution time limit is reached. This issue only affected i386 systems. (CVE-2010-4645)
A numeric truncation error and an input validation flaw were found in the way the PHP utf8_decode() function decoded partial multi-byte sequences for some multi-byte encodings, sending them to output without them being escaped. An attacker could use these flaws to perform a cross-site scripting attack. (CVE-2009-5016, CVE-2010-3870)
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the PHP ZipArchive::getArchiveComment function. If a script used this function to inspect a specially-crafted ZIP archive file, it could cause the PHP interpreter to crash. (CVE-2010-3709)
All php users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues. After installing the updated packages, the httpd daemon must be restarted for the update to take effect.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue cross-site scripting Red Hat Enterprise Linux php update application patch

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-5016 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3709 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3870 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4645 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
Source:
i386: php-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.i686.rpm php-bcmath-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.i686.rpm php-cli-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.i686.rpm php-common-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.i686.rpm php-dba-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.i686.rpm php-debuginfo-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.i686.rpm php-devel-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.i686.rpm php-embedded-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.i686.rpm php-enchant-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.i686.rpm php-gd-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.i686.rpm php-imap-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.i686.rpm php-intl-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.i686.rpm php-ldap-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.i686.rpm php-mbstring-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.i686.rpm php-mysql-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.i686.rpm php-odbc-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.i686.rpm php-pdo-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.i686.rpm php-pgsql-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.i686.rpm php-process-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.i686.rpm php-pspell-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.i686.rpm php-recode-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.i686.rpm php-snmp-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.i686.rpm php-soap-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.i686.rpm php-tidy-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.i686.rpm php-xml-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.i686.rpm php-xmlrpc-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.i686.rpm php-zts-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
x86_64: php-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm php-bcmath-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm php-cli-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm php-common-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm php-dba-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm php-debuginfo-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm php-devel-5.3.2-6.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2011:0195-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0195.html
Issue date: 2011-02-03

Topic

Updated php packages that fix multiple security issues are now availablefor Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderatesecurity impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE links in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue cross-site scripting Red Hat Enterprise Linux php update application patch

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

649056 - CVE-2010-3870 php: XSS mitigation bypass via utf8_decode()

651206 - CVE-2010-3709 php: NULL pointer dereference in ZipArchive::getArchiveComment

652836 - CVE-2009-5016 php: XSS and SQL injection bypass via crafted overlong UTF-8 encoded string

667806 - CVE-2010-4645 php: hang on numeric value 2.2250738585072011e-308 with x87 fpu

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