Ubuntu: 2163-1 Moderate Security Advisory for PHP DoS Vulnerability

ubuntu

April 7, 2014

PHP could be made to crash if it processed a specially crafted file.

Summary

PHP could be made to crash if it processed a specially crafted file.

Software Description:

- php5: HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

Details:

It was discovered that PHP's embedded libmagic library incorrectly handled

PE executables. An attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash,

resulting in a denial of service.

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service php ubuntu

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 13.10:
  libapache2-mod-php5             5.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3
  php5-cgi                        5.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3
  php5-cli                        5.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3

Ubuntu 12.10:
  libapache2-mod-php5             5.4.6-1ubuntu1.8
  php5-cgi                        5.4.6-1ubuntu1.8
  php5-cli                        5.4.6-1ubuntu1.8

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libapache2-mod-php5             5.3.10-1ubuntu3.11
  php5-cgi                        5.3.10-1ubuntu3.11
  php5-cli                        5.3.10-1ubuntu3.11

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  libapache2-mod-php5             5.3.2-1ubuntu4.24
  php5-cgi                        5.3.2-1ubuntu4.24
  php5-cli                        5.3.2-1ubuntu4.24

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