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Red Hat 4 ELS RHSA-2014:1825-01 Critical: PHP Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey November 6, 2014
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Urgent PHP security patch released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Essential update demands prompt attention.
Updated php packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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/articles/11258

Summary

PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language commonly used with the Apache HTTP Server.
A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the xmlrpc extension parsed dates in the ISO 8601 format. A specially crafted XML-RPC request or response could possibly cause a PHP application to crash or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running that PHP application. (CVE-2014-8626)
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 buffer overflow Red Hat Enterprise Linux php patch Critical update xmlrpc issue

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8626 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4 ELS):
Source: php-4.3.9-3.38.el4.src.rpm
i386: php-4.3.9-3.38.el4.i386.rpm php-debuginfo-4.3.9-3.38.el4.i386.rpm php-devel-4.3.9-3.38.el4.i386.rpm php-domxml-4.3.9-3.38.el4.i386.rpm php-gd-4.3.9-3.38.el4.i386.rpm php-imap-4.3.9-3.38.el4.i386.rpm php-ldap-4.3.9-3.38.el4.i386.rpm php-mbstring-4.3.9-3.38.el4.i386.rpm php-mysql-4.3.9-3.38.el4.i386.rpm php-ncurses-4.3.9-3.38.el4.i386.rpm php-odbc-4.3.9-3.38.el4.i386.rpm php-pear-4.3.9-3.38.el4.i386.rpm php-pgsql-4.3.9-3.38.el4.i386.rpm php-snmp-4.3.9-3.38.el4.i386.rpm php-xmlrpc-4.3.9-3.38.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: php-4.3.9-3.38.el4.ia64.rpm php-debuginfo-4.3.9-3.38.el4.ia64.rpm php-devel-4.3.9-3.38.el4.ia64.rpm php-domxml-4.3.9-3.38.el4.ia64.rpm php-gd-4.3.9-3.38.el4.ia64.rpm php-imap-4.3.9-3.38.el4.ia64.rpm php-ldap-4.3.9-3.38.el4.ia64.rpm php-mbstring-4.3.9-3.38.el4.ia64.rpm php-mysql-4.3.9-3.38.el4.ia64.rpm php-ncurses-4.3.9-3.38.el4.ia64.rpm php-odbc-4.3.9-3.38.el4.ia64.rpm php-pear-4.3.9-3.38.el4.ia64.rpm php-pgsql-4.3.9-3.38.el4.ia64.rpm php-snmp-4.3.9-3.38.el4.ia64.rpm php-xmlrpc-4.3.9-3.38.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64: php-4.3.9-3.38.el4.x86_64.rpm php-debuginfo-4.3.9-3.38.el4.x86_64.rpm php-devel-4.3.9-3.38.el4.x86_64.rpm php-domxml-4.3.9-3.38.el4.x86_64.rpm php-gd-4.3.9-3.38.el4.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:1825-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1825.html
Issue date: 2014-11-06

Topic

Updated php packages that fix one security issue are now available for RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 Extended Life Cycle Support.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Critical securityimpact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in theReferences section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow Red Hat Enterprise Linux php patch Critical update xmlrpc issue

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

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

Bugs Fixed

1155607 - CVE-2014-8626 php: xmlrpc ISO8601 date format parsing buffer overflow

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