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Ubuntu 18.04 & 16.04 LTS: 6199-2 Moderate: PHP Information Exposure

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Calendar Grey October 23, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Security flaws in PHP on Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04 LTS could compromise private information, urging urgent software patches.
PHP could be made to expose sensitive information.

Summary

PHP could be made to expose sensitive information.

Software Description:

- php7.2: HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

- php7.0: HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

Details:

USN-6199-1 fixed a vulnerability in PHP. This update provides the

corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain Digest

authentication for SOAP. An attacker could possibly use this issue

to expose sensitive information.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue update php information exposure ubuntu

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
   libapache2-mod-php7.2           7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm1
   php7.2                          7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm1
   php7.2-cgi                      7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm1
   php7.2-cli                      7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm1
   php7.2-soap                     7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
   libapache2-mod-php7.0           7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm7
   php7.0                          7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm7
   php7.0-cgi                      7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm7
   php7.0-cli                      7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm7
   php7.0-soap                     7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm7

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6199-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6199-1

CVE-2023-3247

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6199-2

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Topics Covered

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Package Information

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