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Ubuntu 15.10: USN-2952-2 Moderate: PHP5 Regression Patch

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PHP bug in Ubuntu 15.10 related to USN-2952-1 has been resolved. Please perform updates to mitigate security risks.
USN-2952-1 caused a regression in PHP.

Summary

USN-2952-1 caused a regression in PHP.

Software Description:

- php5: HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

Details:

USN-2952-1 fixed vulnerabilities in PHP. One of the backported patches

caused a regression in the PHP Soap client. This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that the PHP Zip extension incorrectly handled

directories when processing certain zip files. A remote attacker could

possibly use this issue to create arbitrary directories. (CVE-2014-9767)

It was discovered that the PHP Soap client incorrectly validated data

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

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

(CVE-2015-8835, CVE-2016-3185)

It was discovered that the PHP MySQL native driver incorrectly handled TLS

connections to MySQL databases. A man in the middle attacker could possibly

use this issue to down...

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 15.10:
  libapache2-mod-php5             5.6.11+dfsg-1ubuntu3.3
  php5-cgi                        5.6.11+dfsg-1ubuntu3.3
  php5-cli                        5.6.11+dfsg-1ubuntu3.3
  php5-fpm                        5.6.11+dfsg-1ubuntu3.3
  php5-gd                         5.6.11+dfsg-1ubuntu3.3
  php5-mysqlnd                    5.6.11+dfsg-1ubuntu3.3
  php5-snmp                       5.6.11+dfsg-1ubuntu3.3

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2952-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2952-1

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/+bug/1575298

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security advisory denial of service software update security fix Ubuntu PHP regression

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/5.6.11+dfsg-1ubuntu3.3

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