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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS USN-3095-1 Moderate: PHP Denial of Service Threats

Ubuntu Large Esm H500
Several security issues were fixed in PHP.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3095-1
October 04, 2016

php5, php7.0 vulnerabilities
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in PHP.

Software Description:
- php7.0: HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter
- php5: HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

Details:

Taoguang Chen discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain invalid
objects when unserializing data. A remote attacker could use this issue to
cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-7124)

Taoguang Chen discovered that PHP incorrectly handled invalid session
names. A remote attacker could use this issue to inject arbitrary session
data. (CVE-2016-7125)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain gamma values in the
imagegammacorrect function. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-7127)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain crafted TIFF image
thumbnails. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly expose sensitive information.
(CVE-2016-7128)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled unserializing certain
wddxPacket XML documents. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-7129, CVE-2016-7130, CVE-2016-7131,
CVE-2016-7132, CVE-2016-7413)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-7133)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled long strings in curl_escape
calls. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-7134)

Taoguang Chen discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain failures when
unserializing data. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
(CVE-2016-7411)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain flags in the MySQL
driver. Malicious remote MySQL servers could use this issue to cause PHP to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code. (CVE-2016-7412)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled ZIP file signature
verification when processing a PHAR archive. A remote attacker could use
this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-7414)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain locale operations. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-7416)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled SplArray unserializing. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-7417)

Ke Liu discovered that PHP incorrectly handled unserializing wddxPacket XML
documents with incorrect boolean elements. A remote attacker could use this
issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-7418)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  libapache2-mod-php7.0           7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.3
  php7.0-cgi                      7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.3
  php7.0-cli                      7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.3
  php7.0-curl                     7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.3
  php7.0-fpm                      7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.3
  php7.0-gd                       7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.3
  php7.0-mysql                    7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.3

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libapache2-mod-php5             5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.20
  php5-cgi                        5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.20
  php5-cli                        5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.20
  php5-curl                       5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.20
  php5-fpm                        5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.20
  php5-gd                         5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.20
  php5-mysqlnd                    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.20

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libapache2-mod-php5             5.3.10-1ubuntu3.25
  php5-cgi                        5.3.10-1ubuntu3.25
  php5-cli                        5.3.10-1ubuntu3.25
  php5-curl                       5.3.10-1ubuntu3.25
  php5-fpm                        5.3.10-1ubuntu3.25
  php5-gd                         5.3.10-1ubuntu3.25
  php5-mysqlnd                    5.3.10-1ubuntu3.25

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

References:
  
  CVE-2016-7124, CVE-2016-7125, CVE-2016-7127, CVE-2016-7128,
  CVE-2016-7129, CVE-2016-7130, CVE-2016-7131, CVE-2016-7132,
  CVE-2016-7133, CVE-2016-7134, CVE-2016-7411, CVE-2016-7412,
  CVE-2016-7413, CVE-2016-7414, CVE-2016-7416, CVE-2016-7417,
  CVE-2016-7418

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php7.0/7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.3
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.20
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/5.3.10-1ubuntu3.25


Ubuntu 16.04 LTS USN-3095-1 Moderate: PHP Denial of Service Threats

ubuntu
Calendar Grey October 4, 2016
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A variety of vulnerabilities patched in PHP for Ubuntu highlighted in USN-3096-1. Critical updates required to ensure system safety.
Several security issues were fixed in PHP.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: libapache2-mod-php7.0 7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 php7.0-cgi 7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 php7.0-cli 7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 php7.0-curl 7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 php7.0-fpm 7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 php7.0-gd 7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 php7.0-mysql 7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: libapache2-mod-php5 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.20 php5-cgi 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.20 php5-cli 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.20 php5-curl 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.20 php5-fpm 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.20 php5-gd 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.20 php5-mysqlnd 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.20 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libapache2-mod-php5 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.25 php5-cgi 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.25 php5-cli 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.25 php5-curl 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.25 php5-fpm 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.25 php5-gd 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.25 php5-mysqlnd 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.25 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2016-7124, CVE-2016-7125, CVE-2016-7127, CVE-2016-7128,

CVE-2016-7129, CVE-2016-7130, CVE-2016-7131, CVE-2016-7132,

CVE-2016-7133, CVE-2016-7134, CVE-2016-7411, CVE-2016-7412,

CVE-2016-7413, CVE-2016-7414, CVE-2016-7416, CVE-2016-7417,

CVE-2016-7418

Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
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Critical

October 04, 2016

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php7.0/7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.20 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/5.3.10-1ubuntu3.25

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