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Ubuntu alert USN-1905-1 (php5)

From:  Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com>
To:  ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject:  [USN-1905-1] PHP vulnerabilities
Date:  Tue, 16 Jul 2013 08:40:16 -0400
Message-ID:  <51E53F30.1090904@canonical.com>
Archive-link:  Article, Thread

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1905-1 July 16, 2013 php5 vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 13.04 - Ubuntu 12.10 - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in PHP. Software Description: - php5: HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter Details: It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled the xml_parse_into_struct function. If a PHP application parsed untrusted XML, an attacker could use this flaw with a specially-crafted XML document to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or to possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2013-4113) It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled the jdtojewish function. An attacker could use this flaw to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2013-4635) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 13.04: libapache2-mod-php5 5.4.9-4ubuntu2.2 php5-cgi 5.4.9-4ubuntu2.2 php5-cli 5.4.9-4ubuntu2.2 Ubuntu 12.10: libapache2-mod-php5 5.4.6-1ubuntu1.3 php5-cgi 5.4.6-1ubuntu1.3 php5-cli 5.4.6-1ubuntu1.3 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libapache2-mod-php5 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.7 php5-cgi 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.7 php5-cli 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.7 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: libapache2-mod-php5 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.20 php5-cgi 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.20 php5-cli 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.20 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1905-1 CVE-2013-4113, CVE-2013-4635 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/5.4.9-4ubuntu2.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/5.4.6-1ubuntu1.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/5.3.10-1ubuntu3.7 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/5.3.2-1ubuntu4.20 -- ubuntu-security-announce mailing list ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security...


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