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Ubuntu 13.04 USN-1872-1: Critical PHP Denial Of Service Issue

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The PHP version on Ubuntu 13.04 has a security flaw that can be exploited via specially designed input, necessitating immediate patching.
PHP could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted input.

Summary

PHP could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted

input.

Software Description:

- php5: HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

Details:

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled the quoted_printable_encode

function. An attacker could use this flaw to cause PHP to crash, resulting

in a denial of service, or to possibly execute arbitrary code.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical software update php ubuntu php5

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 13.04:
  php5                            5.4.9-4ubuntu2.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1872-1

CVE-2013-2110

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June 11, 2013

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical software update php ubuntu php5

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/5.4.9-4ubuntu2.1

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