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Red Hat: RHSA-2012-0033-01 Moderate: PHP Update DoS Threat

Redhat Large Esm H500
Updated php packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,
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====================================================================                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Moderate: php security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2012:0033-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0033.html
Issue date:        2012-01-18
CVE Names:         CVE-2011-0708 CVE-2011-1148 CVE-2011-1466 
                   CVE-2011-1469 CVE-2011-2202 CVE-2011-4566 
                   CVE-2011-4885 
====================================================================
1. Summary:

Updated php packages that fix several security issues are now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate
security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,
which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability
from the CVE links in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

3. Description:

PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language commonly used with the Apache
HTTP Server.

It was found that the hashing routine used by PHP arrays was susceptible
to predictable hash collisions. If an HTTP POST request to a PHP
application contained many parameters whose names map to the same hash
value, a large amount of CPU time would be consumed. This flaw has been
mitigated by adding a new configuration directive, max_input_vars, that
limits the maximum number of parameters processed per request. By
default, max_input_vars is set to 1000. (CVE-2011-4885)

A use-after-free flaw was found in the PHP substr_replace() function. If a
PHP script used the same variable as multiple function arguments, a remote
attacker could possibly use this to crash the PHP interpreter or, possibly,
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2011-1148)

An integer overflow flaw was found in the PHP exif extension. On 32-bit
systems, a specially-crafted image file could cause the PHP interpreter to
crash or disclose portions of its memory when a PHP script tries to extract
Exchangeable image file format (Exif) metadata from the image file.
(CVE-2011-4566)

An insufficient input validation flaw, leading to a buffer over-read, was
found in the PHP exif extension. A specially-crafted image file could cause
the PHP interpreter to crash when a PHP script tries to extract
Exchangeable image file format (Exif) metadata from the image file.
(CVE-2011-0708)

An integer overflow flaw was found in the PHP calendar extension. A remote
attacker able to make a PHP script call SdnToJulian() with a large value
could cause the PHP interpreter to crash. (CVE-2011-1466)

A bug in the PHP Streams component caused the PHP interpreter to crash if
an FTP wrapper connection was made through an HTTP proxy. A remote attacker
could possibly trigger this issue if a PHP script accepted an untrusted URL
to connect to. (CVE-2011-1469)

An off-by-one flaw was found in PHP. If an attacker uploaded a file with a
specially-crafted file name it could cause a PHP script to attempt to write
a file to the root (/) directory. By default, PHP runs as the "apache"
user, preventing it from writing to the root directory. (CVE-2011-2202)

Red Hat would like to thank oCERT for reporting CVE-2011-4885. oCERT
acknowledges Julian Wälde and Alexander Klink as the original reporters of
CVE-2011-4885.

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.

4. 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/kb/docs/DOC-11259

5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

680972 - CVE-2011-0708 php: buffer over-read in Exif extension
688958 - CVE-2011-1148 php: use-after-free vulnerability in substr_replace()
689386 - CVE-2011-1466 php: Crash by converting serial day numbers (SDN) into Julian calendar
690905 - CVE-2011-1469 php: DoS when using HTTP proxy with the FTP wrapper
713194 - CVE-2011-2202 php: file path injection vulnerability in RFC1867 file upload filename
750547 - CVE-2011-4885 php: hash table collisions CPU usage DoS (oCERT-2011-003)
758413 - CVE-2011-4566 php: integer overflow in exif_process_IFD_TAG() may lead to DoS or arbitrary memory disclosure

6. Package List:

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):

Source:

i386:
php-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm
php-bcmath-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm
php-cli-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm
php-common-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm
php-dba-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm
php-debuginfo-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm
php-devel-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm
php-gd-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm
php-imap-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm
php-ldap-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm
php-mbstring-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm
php-mysql-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm
php-ncurses-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm
php-odbc-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm
php-pdo-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm
php-pgsql-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm
php-snmp-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm
php-soap-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm
php-xml-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm
php-xmlrpc-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm

x86_64:
php-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm
php-bcmath-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm
php-cli-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm
php-common-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm
php-dba-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm
php-debuginfo-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm
php-devel-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm
php-gd-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm
php-imap-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm
php-ldap-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm
php-mbstring-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm
php-mysql-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm
php-ncurses-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm
php-odbc-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm
php-pdo-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm
php-pgsql-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm
php-snmp-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm
php-soap-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm
php-xml-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm
php-xmlrpc-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):

Source:

i386:
php-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm
php-bcmath-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm
php-cli-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm
php-common-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm
php-dba-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm
php-debuginfo-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm
php-devel-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm
php-gd-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm
php-imap-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm
php-ldap-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm
php-mbstring-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm
php-mysql-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm
php-ncurses-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm
php-odbc-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm
php-pdo-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm
php-pgsql-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm
php-snmp-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm
php-soap-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm
php-xml-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm
php-xmlrpc-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm

ia64:
php-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.ia64.rpm
php-bcmath-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.ia64.rpm
php-cli-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.ia64.rpm
php-common-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.ia64.rpm
php-dba-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.ia64.rpm
php-debuginfo-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.ia64.rpm
php-devel-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.ia64.rpm
php-gd-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.ia64.rpm
php-imap-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.ia64.rpm
php-ldap-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.ia64.rpm
php-mbstring-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.ia64.rpm
php-mysql-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.ia64.rpm
php-ncurses-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.ia64.rpm
php-odbc-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.ia64.rpm
php-pdo-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.ia64.rpm
php-pgsql-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.ia64.rpm
php-snmp-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.ia64.rpm
php-soap-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.ia64.rpm
php-xml-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.ia64.rpm
php-xmlrpc-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.ia64.rpm

ppc:
php-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.ppc.rpm
php-bcmath-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.ppc.rpm
php-cli-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.ppc.rpm
php-common-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.ppc.rpm
php-dba-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.ppc.rpm
php-debuginfo-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.ppc.rpm
php-devel-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.ppc.rpm
php-gd-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.ppc.rpm
php-imap-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.ppc.rpm
php-ldap-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.ppc.rpm
php-mbstring-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.ppc.rpm
php-mysql-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.ppc.rpm
php-ncurses-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.ppc.rpm
php-odbc-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.ppc.rpm
php-pdo-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.ppc.rpm
php-pgsql-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.ppc.rpm
php-snmp-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.ppc.rpm
php-soap-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.ppc.rpm
php-xml-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.ppc.rpm
php-xmlrpc-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.ppc.rpm

s390x:
php-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.s390x.rpm
php-bcmath-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.s390x.rpm
php-cli-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.s390x.rpm
php-common-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.s390x.rpm
php-dba-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.s390x.rpm
php-debuginfo-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.s390x.rpm
php-devel-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.s390x.rpm
php-gd-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.s390x.rpm
php-imap-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.s390x.rpm
php-ldap-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.s390x.rpm
php-mbstring-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.s390x.rpm
php-mysql-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.s390x.rpm
php-ncurses-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.s390x.rpm
php-odbc-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.s390x.rpm
php-pdo-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.s390x.rpm
php-pgsql-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.s390x.rpm
php-snmp-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.s390x.rpm
php-soap-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.s390x.rpm
php-xml-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.s390x.rpm
php-xmlrpc-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
php-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm
php-bcmath-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm
php-cli-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm
php-common-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm
php-dba-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm
php-debuginfo-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm
php-devel-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm
php-gd-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm
php-imap-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm
php-ldap-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm
php-mbstring-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm
php-mysql-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm
php-ncurses-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm
php-odbc-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm
php-pdo-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm
php-pgsql-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm
php-snmp-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm
php-soap-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm
php-xml-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm
php-xmlrpc-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security.  Our key and 
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key#package

7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-0708
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1148
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1466
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1469
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2202
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4566
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4885
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is .  More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact

Copyright 2012 Red Hat, Inc.
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Red Hat: RHSA-2012-0033-01 Moderate: PHP Update DoS Threat

red hat
Calendar Grey January 18, 2012
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Revised software packages for CentOS 5 rectify moderate vulnerabilities. Crucial improvements bolster overall system performance.
Updated php packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Summary

PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language commonly used with the Apache HTTP Server.
It was found that the hashing routine used by PHP arrays was susceptible to predictable hash collisions. If an HTTP POST request to a PHP application contained many parameters whose names map to the same hash value, a large amount of CPU time would be consumed. This flaw has been mitigated by adding a new configuration directive, max_input_vars, that limits the maximum number of parameters processed per request. By default, max_input_vars is set to 1000. (CVE-2011-4885)
A use-after-free flaw was found in the PHP substr_replace() function. If a PHP script used the same variable as multiple function arguments, a remote attacker could possibly use this to crash the PHP interpreter or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2011-1148)
An integer overflow flaw was found in the PHP exif extension. On 32-bit systems, a specially-crafted image file could cause the PHP interpreter to crash or disclose portions of its memory when a PHP script tries to extract Exchangeable image file format (Exif) metadata from the image file. (CVE-2011-4566)
An insufficient input validation flaw, leading to a buffer over-read, was found in the PHP exif extension. A specially-crafted image file could cause the PHP interpreter to crash when a PHP script tries to extract Exchangeable image file format (Exif) metadata from the image file. (CVE-2011-0708)
An integer overflow flaw was found in the PHP calendar extension. A remote attacker able to make a PHP script call SdnToJulian() with a large value could cause the PHP interpreter to crash. (CVE-2011-1466)
A bug in the PHP Streams component caused the PHP interpreter to crash if an FTP wrapper connection was made through an HTTP proxy. A remote attacker could possibly trigger this issue if a PHP script accepted an untrusted URL to connect to. (CVE-2011-1469)
An off-by-one flaw was found in PHP. If an attacker uploaded a file with a specially-crafted file name it could cause a PHP script to attempt to write a file to the root (/) directory. By default, PHP runs as the "apache" user, preventing it from writing to the root directory. (CVE-2011-2202)
Red Hat would like to thank oCERT for reporting CVE-2011-4885. oCERT acknowledges Julian Wälde and Alexander Klink as the original reporters of CVE-2011-4885.
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.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-0708 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1148 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1466 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1469 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2202 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4566 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4885 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386: php-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm php-bcmath-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm php-cli-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm php-common-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm php-dba-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm php-debuginfo-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm php-devel-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm php-gd-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm php-imap-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm php-ldap-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm php-mbstring-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm php-mysql-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm php-ncurses-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm php-odbc-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm php-pdo-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm php-pgsql-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm php-snmp-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm php-soap-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm php-xml-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm php-xmlrpc-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.i386.rpm
x86_64: php-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm php-bcmath-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm php-cli-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm php-common-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm php-dba-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm php-debuginfo-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm php-devel-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm php-gd-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm php-imap-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm php-ldap-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm php-mbstring-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm php-mysql-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm php-ncurses-5.1.6-27.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2012:0033-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2012-01-18

Topic

Updated php packages that fix several security issues are now available forRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5.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.

Relevant Releases Architectures

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

680972 - CVE-2011-0708 php: buffer over-read in Exif extension

688958 - CVE-2011-1148 php: use-after-free vulnerability in substr_replace()

689386 - CVE-2011-1466 php: Crash by converting serial day numbers (SDN) into Julian calendar

690905 - CVE-2011-1469 php: DoS when using HTTP proxy with the FTP wrapper

713194 - CVE-2011-2202 php: file path injection vulnerability in RFC1867 file upload filename

750547 - CVE-2011-4885 php: hash table collisions CPU usage DoS (oCERT-2011-003)

758413 - CVE-2011-4566 php: integer overflow in exif_process_IFD_TAG() may lead to DoS or arbitrary memory disclosure

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