Ubuntu alert USN-2126-1 (php5)

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Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com> 
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ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com 
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[USN-2126-1] PHP vulnerabilities 
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Mon, 03 Mar 2014 13:34:38 -0500
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2126-1
March 03, 2014

php5 vulnerabilities
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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:

Several security issues were fixed in PHP.

Software Description:
- php5: HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

Details:

Bernd Melchers discovered that PHP's embedded libmagic library incorrectly
handled indirect offset values. An attacker could use this issue to cause
PHP to consume resources or crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2014-1943)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain values when using
the imagecrop function. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, obtain sensitive
information, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 13.10. (CVE-2013-7226, CVE-2013-7327, CVE-2013-7328, CVE-2014-2020)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 13.10:
  libapache2-mod-php5             5.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2.2
  php5-cgi                        5.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2.2
  php5-cli                        5.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2.2
  php5-gd                         5.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2.2

Ubuntu 12.10:
  libapache2-mod-php5             5.4.6-1ubuntu1.7
  php5-cgi                        5.4.6-1ubuntu1.7
  php5-cli                        5.4.6-1ubuntu1.7
  php5-gd                         5.4.6-1ubuntu1.7

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libapache2-mod-php5             5.3.10-1ubuntu3.10
  php5-cgi                        5.3.10-1ubuntu3.10
  php5-cli                        5.3.10-1ubuntu3.10
  php5-gd                         5.3.10-1ubuntu3.10

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  libapache2-mod-php5             5.3.2-1ubuntu4.23
  php5-cgi                        5.3.2-1ubuntu4.23
  php5-cli                        5.3.2-1ubuntu4.23
  php5-gd                         5.3.2-1ubuntu4.23

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

References:
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2126-1
  CVE-2013-7226, CVE-2013-7327, CVE-2013-7328, CVE-2014-1943,
  CVE-2014-2020

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/5.5.3+dfsg-1ubu...
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/5.4.6-1ubuntu1.7
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/5.3.10-1ubuntu3.10
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/5.3.2-1ubuntu4.23


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