USN-2163-1: PHP vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2163-1

7th April, 2014

php5 vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 13.10


• Ubuntu 12.10


• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS


• Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary

PHP could be made to crash if it processed a specially crafted file.

Software description

• php5 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

Details

It was discovered that PHP's embedded libmagic library incorrectly handled

PE executables. An attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash,

resulting in a denial of service.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 13.10:

php5-cli 5.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3

php5-cgi 5.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3

libapache2-mod-php5 5.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3

Ubuntu 12.10:

php5-cli 5.4.6-1ubuntu1.8

php5-cgi 5.4.6-1ubuntu1.8

libapache2-mod-php5 5.4.6-1ubuntu1.8

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:

php5-cli 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.11

php5-cgi 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.11

libapache2-mod-php5 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.11

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:

php5-cli 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.24

php5-cgi 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.24

libapache2-mod-php5 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.24

To update your system, please follow these instructions: http://bit.ly/1aJDvTw.

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

References

CVE-2014-2270

via Ubuntu Security Notices http://bit.ly/PRLGJ1