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Ubuntu 15.04 USN-2758-1 Moderate: PHP Denial Of Service Issues

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Several security issues were fixed in PHP.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in PHP.

Software Description:

- php5: HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

Details:

It was discovered that the PHP phar extension incorrectly handled certain

files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash,

resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-5589)

It was discovered that the PHP phar extension incorrectly handled certain

filepaths. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash,

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

(CVE-2015-5590)

Taoguang Chen discovered that PHP incorrectly handled unserializing

objects. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash,

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

(CVE-2015-6831, CVE-2015-6834, CVE-2015-6835

Sean Heelan discovered that PHP incorrectly handled unserializing

objects. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash,

resulting in a denial ...

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 15.04:
  libapache2-mod-php5             5.6.4+dfsg-4ubuntu6.3
  php5-cgi                        5.6.4+dfsg-4ubuntu6.3
  php5-cli                        5.6.4+dfsg-4ubuntu6.3
  php5-fpm                        5.6.4+dfsg-4ubuntu6.3

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libapache2-mod-php5             5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.13
  php5-cgi                        5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.13
  php5-cli                        5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.13
  php5-fpm                        5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.13

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libapache2-mod-php5             5.3.10-1ubuntu3.20
  php5-cgi                        5.3.10-1ubuntu3.20
  php5-cli                        5.3.10-1ubuntu3.20
  php5-fpm                        5.3.10-1ubuntu3.20

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

References

CVE-2015-5589, CVE-2015-5590, CVE-2015-6831, CVE-2015-6832,

CVE-2015-6833, CVE-2015-6834, CVE-2015-6835, CVE-2015-6836,

CVE-2015-6837, CVE-2015-6838

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September 30, 2015

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security advisory denial of service security issue php software patch ubuntu php updates

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/5.6.4+dfsg-4ubuntu6.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.13
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/5.3.10-1ubuntu3.20

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