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Ubuntu 14.04 ESM: USN-4166-2 Critical: PHP Code Execution Issue

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Calendar Grey October 29, 2019
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4166-3 pertains to a vulnerability in php7 that could enable remote code execution through specially designed requests.
PHP could be made to run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

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

traffic.

Software Description:

- php5: HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

Details:

USN-4166-1 fixed a vulnerability 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 paths when being

used in FastCGI configurations. A remote attacker could possibly use this

issue to 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+esm6
  php5-cgi                        5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm6
  php5-cli                        5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm6
  php5-fpm                        5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm6

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM:
  libapache2-mod-php5             5.3.10-1ubuntu3.40
  php5-cgi                        5.3.10-1ubuntu3.40
  php5-cli                        5.3.10-1ubuntu3.40
  php5-fpm                        5.3.10-1ubuntu3.40

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4166-2

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

CVE-2019-11043

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October 29, 2019

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