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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: USN-3902-1 Critical: PHP Denial Of Service Issues

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Several security issues were fixed in PHP.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3902-1
March 06, 2019

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

- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 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:

It was discovered that the PHP XML-RPC module incorrectly handled decoding
XML data. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PHP to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-9020, CVE-2019-9024)

It was discovered that the PHP PHAR module incorrectly handled certain
filenames. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PHP to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-9021)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly parsed certain DNS responses. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PHP to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04
LTS. (CVE-2019-9022)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled mbstring regular
expressions. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PHP
to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-9023)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  libapache2-mod-php7.0           7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
  php7.0-cgi                      7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
  php7.0-cli                      7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
  php7.0-fpm                      7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
  php7.0-mbstring                 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
  php7.0-xmlrpc                   7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libapache2-mod-php5             5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.27
  php5-cgi                        5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.27
  php5-cli                        5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.27
  php5-fpm                        5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.27
  php5-xmlrpc                     5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.27

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3902-1
  CVE-2019-9020, CVE-2019-9021, CVE-2019-9022, CVE-2019-9023,
  CVE-2019-9024

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php7.0/7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.27

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: USN-3902-1 Critical: PHP Denial Of Service Issues

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Calendar Grey March 6, 2019
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3902-1 highlights critical vulnerabilities in PHP that could let attackers execute arbitrary code, compromising security.
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 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 php7.0-cgi 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 php7.0-cli 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 php7.0-fpm 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 php7.0-mbstring 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 php7.0-xmlrpc 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: libapache2-mod-php5 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.27 php5-cgi 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.27 php5-cli 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.27 php5-fpm 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.27 php5-xmlrpc 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.27 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3902-1

CVE-2019-9020, CVE-2019-9021, CVE-2019-9022, CVE-2019-9023,

CVE-2019-9024

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March 06, 2019

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php7.0/7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.27

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