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Ubuntu 20.10 PHP Update: USN-4583-2 Moderate Security Fixes

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Calendar Grey October 27, 2020
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Alert USN-4590-1 addresses significant security patches for PHP weaknesses impacting Ubuntu 21.04.
Several security issues were fixed in PHP.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in PHP.

Software Description:

- php7.4: server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (metapackage)

Details:

USN-4583-1 fixed vulnerabilities in PHP. This update provides

the corresponding update for Ubuntu 20.10.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain encrypt ciphers.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to decrease security or cause

incorrect encryption data. (CVE-2020-7069)

It was discorevered that PHP incorrectly handled certain HTTP cookies.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to forge cookie which is supposed to

be secure. (CVE-2020-7070)

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Topics Covered

security advisory security fix ubuntu encryption issue severity moderate php issues php7.4

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.10:
  libapache2-mod-php7.4           7.4.9-1ubuntu1.1
  php7.4-cgi                      7.4.9-1ubuntu1.1
  php7.4-cli                      7.4.9-1ubuntu1.1
  php7.4-curl                     7.4.9-1ubuntu1.1
  php7.4-fpm                      7.4.9-1ubuntu1.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4583-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4583-1

CVE-2020-7069, CVE-2020-7070

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October 27, 2020

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security advisory security fix ubuntu encryption issue severity moderate php issues php7.4

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php7.4/7.4.9-1ubuntu1.1

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