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Ubuntu 12.04 ESM: USN-4097-2 Critical PHP Update for Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey August 13, 2019
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The latest PHP patch for Ubuntu 12.04 and 14.04 ESM addresses vulnerabilities that could lead to unauthorized remote code execution, ensuring enhanced security.
PHP could be made to crash or execute arbitrary code if it received specially crafted image.

Summary

PHP could be made to crash or execute arbitrary code if it

received specially crafted image.

Software Description:

- php5: HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

Details:

USN-4097-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in php5. 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 images.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service

or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-11041, CVE-2019-11042)

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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+esm5
  php5-cgi                        5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm5
  php5-cli                        5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm5
  php5-fpm                        5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm5
  php5-xmlrpc                     5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm5

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM:
  libapache2-mod-php5             5.3.10-1ubuntu3.39
  php5-cgi                        5.3.10-1ubuntu3.39
  php5-cli                        5.3.10-1ubuntu3.39
  php5-fpm                        5.3.10-1ubuntu3.39
  php5-xmlrpc                     5.3.10-1ubuntu3.39

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4097-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4097-1

CVE-2019-11041, CVE-2019-11042

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August 13, 2019

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