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Ubuntu 12.04 ESM USN-3646-2 Moderate: PHP Security Concerns

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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:

USN-3646-1 fixed a vulnerability in PHP. This update provides

the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

 It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled opcache access controls

 when configured to use PHP-FPM. A local user could possibly use this

 issue to obtain sensitive information from another user's PHP

 applications. (CVE-2018-10545)

 It was discovered that the PHP PHAR error pages incorrectly filtered

 certain data. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to

 perform a reflected XSS attack. (CVE-2018-10547)

 It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled LDAP. A malicious

 remote LDAP server could possibly use this issue to cause PHP to

 crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-10548)

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Topics Covered

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM:
  libapache2-mod-php5             5.3.10-1ubuntu3.31
  php5-cgi                        5.3.10-1ubuntu3.31
  php5-cli                        5.3.10-1ubuntu3.31
  php5-fpm                        5.3.10-1ubuntu3.31

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

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3646-2

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3646-1

  CVE-2018-10545, CVE-2018-10547, CVE-2018-10548

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May 16, 2018

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