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Ubuntu 14.04 ESM: USN-3953-2 Moderate: PHP Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey May 1, 2019
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
This advisory covers multiple vulnerabilities found in PHP, specifically targeting the Ubuntu 14.04 and 12.04 Extended Security Maintenance (ESM) versions.
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-3953-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in PHP. This update provides

the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

 It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain exif tags in

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

 crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary

 code.

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
  libapache2-mod-php5             5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm1
  php5-cgi                        5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm1
  php5-cli                        5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm1
  php5-fpm                        5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm1

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM:
  libapache2-mod-php5             5.3.10-1ubuntu3.35
  php5-cgi                        5.3.10-1ubuntu3.35
  php5-cli                        5.3.10-1ubuntu3.35
  php5-fpm                        5.3.10-1ubuntu3.35

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

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3953-2

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3953-1

  CVE-2019-11034, CVE-2019-11035

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May 01, 2019

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