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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS USN-3766-1 Critical: PHP Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey September 18, 2018
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
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Several security issues were fixed in PHP.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in PHP.

Software Description:

- php7.2: HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

- php7.0: HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

- php5: HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

Details:

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled restarting certain child

processes when php-fpm is used. A remote attacker could possibly use this

issue to cause a denial of service. This issue was only addressed in Ubuntu

18.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-9253)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain exif tags in JPEG

images. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PHP to

crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-14851, CVE-2018-14883)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Ubuntu critical update Denial of Service PHP threat remediation

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  libapache2-mod-php7.2           7.2.10-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  php7.2-cgi                      7.2.10-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  php7.2-cli                      7.2.10-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  php7.2-fpm                      7.2.10-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  libapache2-mod-php7.0           7.0.32-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  php7.0-cgi                      7.0.32-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  php7.0-cli                      7.0.32-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  php7.0-fpm                      7.0.32-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libapache2-mod-php5             5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.26
  php5-cgi                        5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.26
  php5-cli                        5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.26
  php5-fpm                        5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.26

In Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, this update uses a new upstream
release, which includes additional bug fixes.

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3766-1

CVE-2015-9253, CVE-2018-14851, CVE-2018-14883

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September 18, 2018

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Topics Covered

security advisory Ubuntu critical update Denial of Service PHP threat remediation

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php7.2/7.2.10-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php7.0/7.0.32-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.26

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