Content-Disposition: inline ============================================================================ Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1358-2 February 13, 2012 php5 regression ============================================================================ A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 11.10 - Ubuntu 11.04 - Ubuntu 10.10 - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS - Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Summary: USN 1358-1 introduced a regression in PHP. Software Description: - php5: HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter Details: USN 1358-1 fixed multiple vulnerabilities in PHP. The fix for CVE-2012-0831 introduced a regression where the state of the magic_quotes_gpc setting was not correctly reflected when calling the ini_get() function. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that PHP computed hash values for form parameters without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably. This could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service by sending many crafted parameters. (CVE-2011-4885) ATTENTION: this update changes previous PHP behavior by limiting the number of external input variables to 1000. This may be increased by adding a "max_input_vars" directive to the php.ini configuration file. See http://www.php.net/manual/en/info.configuration.php#ini.max-input-vars for more information. Stefan Esser discovered that the fix to address the predictable hash collision issue, CVE-2011-4885, did not properly handle the situation where the limit was reached. This could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a request containing a large number of variables. (CVE-2012-0830) It was discovered that PHP did not always check the return value of the zend_strndup function. This could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2011-4153) It was discovered that PHP did not properly enforce libxslt security settings. This could allow a remote attacker to create arbitrary files via a crafted XSLT stylesheet that uses the libxslt output extension. (CVE-2012-0057) It was discovered that PHP did not properly enforce that PDORow objects could not be serialized and not be saved in a session. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service via an application crash. (CVE-2012-0788) It was discovered that PHP allowed the magic_quotes_gpc setting to be disabled remotely. This could allow a remote attacker to bypass restrictions that could prevent an SQL injection. (CVE-2012-0831) USN 1126-1 addressed an issue where the /etc/cron.d/php5 cron job for PHP allowed local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a directory under /var/lib/php5/. Emese Revfy discovered that the fix had not been applied to PHP for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. This update corrects the issue. We apologize for the error. (CVE-2011-0441) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 11.10: libapache2-mod-php5 5.3.6-13ubuntu3.6 php5 5.3.6-13ubuntu3.6 php5-cgi 5.3.6-13ubuntu3.6 php5-cli 5.3.6-13ubuntu3.6 Ubuntu 11.04: libapache2-mod-php5 5.3.5-1ubuntu7.7 php5 5.3.5-1ubuntu7.7 php5-cgi 5.3.5-1ubuntu7.7 php5-cli 5.3.5-1ubuntu7.7 Ubuntu 10.10: libapache2-mod-php5 5.3.3-1ubuntu9.10 php5 5.3.3-1ubuntu9.10 php5-cgi 5.3.3-1ubuntu9.10 php5-cli 5.3.3-1ubuntu9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: libapache2-mod-php5 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.14 php5 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.14 php5-cgi 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.14 php5-cli 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.14 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: libapache2-mod-php5 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.23 php5 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.23 php5-cgi 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.23 php5-cli 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.23 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1358-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1358-1 https://launchpad.net/bugs/930115 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/5.3.6-13ubuntu3.6 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/5.3.5-1ubuntu7.7 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/5.3.3-1ubuntu9.10 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/5.3.2-1ubuntu4.14 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/5.2.4-2ubuntu5.23