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Ubuntu 12.04 ESM: USN-3766-2 Critical: PHP Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey September 19, 2018
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A number of security flaws in PHP have been remedied in the Ubuntu 12.04 ESM update to mitigate the risk of possible denial-of-service incidents.
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-3766-1 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 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)

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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             5.3.10-1ubuntu3.32
  php5-cgi                        5.3.10-1ubuntu3.32
  php5-cli                        5.3.10-1ubuntu3.32
  php5-fpm                        5.3.10-1ubuntu3.32

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

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3766-2

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

  CVE-2018-14851, CVE-2018-14883

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September 19, 2018

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