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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201711-15
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: PHPUnit: Remote code execution
     Date: November 19, 2017
     Bugs: #635356
       ID: 201711-15

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Synopsis
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A vulnerability was discovered in PHPUnit which may allow an
unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary PHP code.

Background
==========

PHPUnit is a programmer-oriented testing framework for PHP. It is an
instance of the xUnit architecture for unit testing frameworks.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  dev-php/phpunit            < 5.7.15-r1              >= 5.7.15-r1 

Description
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When PHPUnit is installed in a production environment via composer and
these modules are in a web accessible directory, the eval-stdin.php
file in PHPUnit contains vulnerable statements that trigger the
vulnerability.

Impact
======

A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary PHP code or cause a
Denial of Service condition.

Workaround
==========

There are several ways to fix or mitigate this vulnerability:

Remove PHPUnit from the production environment.

Update PHPUnit.

Manually apply the patch.

Disable direct access to the composer packages by placing .htaccess
file to /vendor folder.

Resolution
==========

All PHPUnit users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-php/phpunit-5.7.15-r1"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2017-9841
      https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-9841

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-15

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5