USN-2758-1: PHP vulnerabilities

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2758-1

30th September, 2015

php5 vulnerabilities

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

• Ubuntu 15.04
• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in PHP.

Software description

• php5 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

Details

It was discovered that the PHP phar extension incorrectly handled certain
files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-5589)

It was discovered that the PHP phar extension incorrectly handled certain
filepaths. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2015-5590)

Taoguang Chen discovered that PHP incorrectly handled unserializing
objects. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2015-6831, CVE-2015-6834, CVE-2015-6835

Sean Heelan discovered that PHP incorrectly handled unserializing
objects. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2015-6832)

It was discovered that the PHP phar extension incorrectly handled certain
archives. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause files to be
placed outside of the destination directory. (CVE-2015-6833)

Andrea Palazzo discovered that the PHP Soap client incorrectly validated
data types. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2015-6836)

It was discovered that the PHP XSLTProcessor class incorrectly handled
certain data. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-6837)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 15.04:

php5-cli 5.6.4+dfsg-4ubuntu6.3

php5-cgi 5.6.4+dfsg-4ubuntu6.3

libapache2-mod-php5 5.6.4+dfsg-4ubuntu6.3

php5-fpm 5.6.4+dfsg-4ubuntu6.3

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

php5-cli 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.13

php5-cgi 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.13

libapache2-mod-php5 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.13

php5-fpm 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.13

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:

php5-cli 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.20

php5-cgi 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.20

libapache2-mod-php5 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.20

php5-fpm 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.20

To update your system, please follow these instructions: http://ift.tt/17VXqjU.

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

References

CVE-2015-5589, CVE-2015-5590, CVE-2015-6831, CVE-2015-6832, CVE-2015-6833, CVE-2015-6834, CVE-2015-6835, CVE-2015-6836, CVE-2015-6837, CVE-2015-6838

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