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Red Hat: RHSA-2014:1824-01 Important: PHP Security Update

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Recent updates to PHP packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux fix several significant security vulnerabilities. Essential patches have been released.
Updated php packages that fix three 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/articles/11258

Summary

PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language commonly used with the Apache HTTP Server.
A buffer overflow flaw was found in the Exif extension. A specially crafted JPEG or TIFF file could cause a PHP application using the exif_thumbnail() function to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running that PHP application. (CVE-2014-3670)
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. (CVE-2014-8626)
An integer overflow flaw was found in the way custom objects were unserialized. Specially crafted input processed by the unserialize() function could cause a PHP application to crash. (CVE-2014-3669)
All php users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct 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 buffer overflow red hat php important xmlrpc exif

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3669 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3670 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8626 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):
Source: php-5.1.6-45.el5_11.src.rpm
i386: php-5.1.6-45.el5_11.i386.rpm php-bcmath-5.1.6-45.el5_11.i386.rpm php-cli-5.1.6-45.el5_11.i386.rpm php-common-5.1.6-45.el5_11.i386.rpm php-dba-5.1.6-45.el5_11.i386.rpm php-debuginfo-5.1.6-45.el5_11.i386.rpm php-devel-5.1.6-45.el5_11.i386.rpm php-gd-5.1.6-45.el5_11.i386.rpm php-imap-5.1.6-45.el5_11.i386.rpm php-ldap-5.1.6-45.el5_11.i386.rpm php-mbstring-5.1.6-45.el5_11.i386.rpm php-mysql-5.1.6-45.el5_11.i386.rpm php-ncurses-5.1.6-45.el5_11.i386.rpm php-odbc-5.1.6-45.el5_11.i386.rpm php-pdo-5.1.6-45.el5_11.i386.rpm php-pgsql-5.1.6-45.el5_11.i386.rpm php-snmp-5.1.6-45.el5_11.i386.rpm php-soap-5.1.6-45.el5_11.i386.rpm php-xml-5.1.6-45.el5_11.i386.rpm php-xmlrpc-5.1.6-45.el5_11.i386.rpm
x86_64: php-5.1.6-45.el5_11.x86_64.rpm php-bcmath-5.1.6-45.el5_11.x86_64.rpm php-cli-5.1.6-45.el5_11.x86_64.rpm php-common-5.1.6-45.el5_11.x86_64.rpm php-dba-5.1.6-45.el5_11.x86_64.rpm php-debuginfo-5.1.6-45.el5_11.x86_64.rpm php-devel-5.1.6-45.el5_11.x86_64.rpm php-gd-5.1.6-45.el5_11.x86_64.rpm php-imap-5.1.6-45.el5_11.x86_64.rpm php-ldap-5.1.6-45.el5_11.x86_64.rpm php-mbstring-5.1.6-45.el5_11.x86_64.rpm php-mysql-5.1.6-45.el5_11.x86_64.rpm php-ncurses-5.1.6-45.el5_11.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:1824-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1824.html
Issue date: 2014-11-06

Topic

Updated php packages that fix three security issues are now available forRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important securityimpact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which givedetailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from theCVE links in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow red hat php important xmlrpc exif

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

1154500 - CVE-2014-3669 php: integer overflow in unserialize()

1154502 - CVE-2014-3670 php: heap corruption issue in exif_thumbnail()

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

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