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Ubuntu 7153-1: PHP Security Advisory Updates

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Calendar Grey December 12, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Update your Ubuntu for critical PHP security issues, preventing file overwrites and access exploits. Learn more here.
PHP could be made to overwrite files.

Summary

PHP could be made to overwrite files.

Software Description:

- php7.2: HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

- php7.0: HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

Details:

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled long string inputs

in two database drivers. An attacker could possibly use this

issue to write files in locations they would not normally have

access to. (CVE-2024-11236)

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
   libapache2-mod-php7.2           7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm7
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libphp7.2-embed                 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm7
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   php7.2                          7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm7
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   php7.2-common                   7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm7
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   php7.2-dev                      7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm7
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   php7.2-interbase                7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm7
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   php7.2-mysql                    7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm7
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   php7.2-pgsql                    7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm7
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   php7.2-sqlite3                  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm7
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
   libapache2-mod-php7.0           7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm13
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libphp7.0-embed                 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm13
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   php7.0                          7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm13
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   php7.0-common                   7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm13
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   php7.0-dev                      7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm13
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   php7.0-interbase                7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm13
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   php7.0-mysql                    7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm13
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   php7.0-pgsql                    7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm13
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   php7.0-sqlite3                  7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm13
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7153-1

  CVE-2024-11236

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