Ubuntu Security Notice 2501-1 - Stefan Esser 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-2015-0231) Brian Carpenter discovered that the PHP CGI component incorrectly handled invalid files. A local attacker could use this issue to obtain sensitive information, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.10. Various other issues were also addressed.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2501-1
February 17, 2015
php5 vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.10
- 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:
Stefan Esser 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-2014-8142,
CVE-2015-0231)
Brian Carpenter discovered that the PHP CGI component incorrectly handled
invalid files. A local attacker could use this issue to obtain sensitive
information, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.10. (CVE-2014-9427)
It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain pascal strings in
the fileinfo extension. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.10. (CVE-2014-9652)
Alex Eubanks discovered that PHP incorrectly handled EXIF data in JPEG
images. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.10. (CVE-2015-0232)
It was discovered that the PHP opcache component incorrectly handled
memory. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PHP to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.10.
(CVE-2015-1351)
It was discovered that the PHP PostgreSQL database extension incorrectly
handled certain pointers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 14.10. (CVE-2015-1352)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 14.10:
libapache2-mod-php5 5.5.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.2
php5-cgi 5.5.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.2
php5-cli 5.5.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.2
php5-fpm 5.5.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.2
php5-pgsql 5.5.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.2
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libapache2-mod-php5 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.6
php5-cgi 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.6
php5-cli 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.6
php5-fpm 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.6
php5-pgsql 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.6
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libapache2-mod-php5 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.16
php5-cgi 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.16
php5-cli 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.16
php5-fpm 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.16
php5-pgsql 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.16
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2501-1
CVE-2014-8142, CVE-2014-9427, CVE-2014-9652, CVE-2015-0231,
CVE-2015-0232, CVE-2015-1351, CVE-2015-1352
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/5.5.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.6
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/5.3.10-1ubuntu3.16