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Ubuntu: 4166-1 Urgent: PHP Vulnerability Allows Remote Code Execution

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PHP could be made to run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4166-1
October 28, 2019

php7.0, php7.2, php7.3 vulnerability
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 19.10
- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

PHP could be made to run programs if it received specially crafted network
traffic.

Software Description:
- php7.3: HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter
- php7.2: HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter
- php7.0: HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

Details:

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain paths when being
used in FastCGI configurations. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 19.10:
  libapache2-mod-php7.3           7.3.11-0ubuntu0.19.10.1
  php7.3-cgi                      7.3.11-0ubuntu0.19.10.1
  php7.3-cli                      7.3.11-0ubuntu0.19.10.1
  php7.3-fpm                      7.3.11-0ubuntu0.19.10.1

Ubuntu 19.04:
  libapache2-mod-php7.2           7.2.24-0ubuntu0.19.04.1
  php7.2-cgi                      7.2.24-0ubuntu0.19.04.1
  php7.2-cli                      7.2.24-0ubuntu0.19.04.1
  php7.2-fpm                      7.2.24-0ubuntu0.19.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  libapache2-mod-php7.2           7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  php7.2-cgi                      7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  php7.2-cli                      7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  php7.2-fpm                      7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  libapache2-mod-php7.0           7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.7
  php7.0-cgi                      7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.7
  php7.0-cli                      7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.7
  php7.0-fpm                      7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.7

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4166-1
  CVE-2019-11043

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php7.3/7.3.11-0ubuntu0.19.10.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php7.2/7.2.24-0ubuntu0.19.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php7.2/7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php7.0/7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.7

Ubuntu: 4166-1 Urgent: PHP Vulnerability Allows Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey October 28, 2019
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To mitigate PHP vulnerabilities in Ubuntu that allow remote code execution through malicious packets, stay updated with the latest PHP versions and security patches from Ubuntu
PHP could be made to run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 19.10: libapache2-mod-php7.3 7.3.11-0ubuntu0.19.10.1 php7.3-cgi 7.3.11-0ubuntu0.19.10.1 php7.3-cli 7.3.11-0ubuntu0.19.10.1 php7.3-fpm 7.3.11-0ubuntu0.19.10.1 Ubuntu 19.04: libapache2-mod-php7.2 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.19.04.1 php7.2-cgi 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.19.04.1 php7.2-cli 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.19.04.1 php7.2-fpm 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.19.04.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: libapache2-mod-php7.2 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 php7.2-cgi 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 php7.2-cli 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 php7.2-fpm 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: libapache2-mod-php7.0 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.7 php7.0-cgi 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.7 php7.0-cli 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.7 php7.0-fpm 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.7 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4166-1

CVE-2019-11043

Severity
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October 28, 2019

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php7.3/7.3.11-0ubuntu0.19.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php7.2/7.2.24-0ubuntu0.19.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php7.2/7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php7.0/7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.7

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