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Calendar Grey December 11, 2013
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important release for PHP addressing a vulnerability related to memory corruption on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Upgrade is advised to enhance security.
Updated php packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4 Extended Life Cycle Support

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 https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Summary

PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language commonly used with the Apache HTTP Server.
A memory corruption flaw was found in the way the openssl_x509_parse() function of the PHP openssl extension parsed X.509 certificates. A remote attacker could use this flaw to provide a malicious self-signed certificate or a certificate signed by a trusted authority to a PHP application using the aforementioned function, causing the application to crash or, possibly, allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the PHP interpreter. (CVE-2013-6420)
Red Hat would like to thank the PHP project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Stefan Esser as the original reporter of this issue.
All php users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. 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 security issue Red Hat remote code execution memory corruption critical patch php update

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6420 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3 ELS):
Source: php-4.3.2-57.ent.src.rpm
i386: php-4.3.2-57.ent.i386.rpm php-debuginfo-4.3.2-57.ent.i386.rpm php-devel-4.3.2-57.ent.i386.rpm php-imap-4.3.2-57.ent.i386.rpm php-ldap-4.3.2-57.ent.i386.rpm php-mysql-4.3.2-57.ent.i386.rpm php-odbc-4.3.2-57.ent.i386.rpm php-pgsql-4.3.2-57.ent.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3 ELS):
Source: php-4.3.2-57.ent.src.rpm
i386: php-4.3.2-57.ent.i386.rpm php-debuginfo-4.3.2-57.ent.i386.rpm php-devel-4.3.2-57.ent.i386.rpm php-imap-4.3.2-57.ent.i386.rpm php-ldap-4.3.2-57.ent.i386.rpm php-mysql-4.3.2-57.ent.i386.rpm php-odbc-4.3.2-57.ent.i386.rpm php-pgsql-4.3.2-57.ent.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4 ELS):
Source: php-4.3.9-3.37.el4.1.src.rpm
i386: php-4.3.9-3.37.el4.1.i386.rpm php-debuginfo-4.3.9-3.37.el4.1.i386.rpm php-devel-4.3.9-3.37.el4.1.i386.rpm php-domxml-4.3.9-3.37.el4.1.i386.rpm php-gd-4.3.9-3.37.el4.1.i386.rpm php-imap-4.3.9-3.37.el4.1.i386.rpm php-ldap-4.3.9-3.37.el4.1.i386.rpm php-mbstring-4.3.9-3.37.el4.1.i386.rpm php-mysql-4.3.9-3.37.el4.1.i386.rpm php-ncurses-4.3.9-3.37.el4.1.i386.rpm php-odbc-4.3.9-3.37.el4.1.i386.rpm php-pear-4.3.9-3.37.el4.1.i386.rpm php-pgsql-4.3.9-3.37.el4.1.i386.rpm php-snmp-4.3.9-3.37.el4.1.i386.rpm php-xmlrpc-4.3.9-3.37.el4.1.i386.rpm
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:1826-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1826.html
Issue date: 2013-12-12

Topic

Updated php packages that fix one security issue are now available for RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4 Extended Life Cycle Support.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having criticalsecurity impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link inthe References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Red Hat remote code execution memory corruption critical patch php update

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3 ELS) - i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4 ELS) - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3 ELS) - i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4 ELS) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1036830 - CVE-2013-6420 php: memory corruption in openssl_x509_parse()

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