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Ubuntu 16.10 & 16.04 LTS USN-3211-2: Critical PHP Regression

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Calendar Grey March 2, 2017
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-
USN-3211-1 introduced a regression in PHP.

Summary

USN-3211-1 introduced a regression in PHP.

Software Description:

- php7.0: HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

Details:

USN-3211-1 fixed vulnerabilities in PHP by updating to the new 7.0.15

upstream release. PHP 7.0.15 introduced a regression when using MySQL with

large blobs. This update fixes the problem with a backported fix.

Original advisory details:

It was 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-2016-7479)

It was 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-2016-9137)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled unserializing certain

wddxPacket XML documents. A remo...

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.10:
  libapache2-mod-php7.0           7.0.15-0ubuntu0.16.10.4
  php7.0-cgi                      7.0.15-0ubuntu0.16.10.4
  php7.0-cli                      7.0.15-0ubuntu0.16.10.4
  php7.0-fpm                      7.0.15-0ubuntu0.16.10.4

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  libapache2-mod-php7.0           7.0.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.4
  php7.0-cgi                      7.0.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.4
  php7.0-cli                      7.0.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.4
  php7.0-fpm                      7.0.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.4

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3211-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3211-1

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php7.0/+bug/1668017

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security advisory denial of service software update php Ubuntu regression

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php7.0/7.0.15-0ubuntu0.16.10.4
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php7.0/7.0.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.4

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