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Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 3:26 pm Post subject: [ glsa 201503-03 ] php |
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
Title: PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201503-03)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: March 08, 2015
Updated: August 22, 2015
Bug(s): #530820, #532914, #533998
ID: 201503-03
Synopsis
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PHP, the worst of
which could lead to remote execution of arbitrary code.
Background
PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is
especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML.
Affected Packages
Package: dev-lang/php
Vulnerable: < 5.5.21
Unaffected: >= 5.5.21
Unaffected: >= 5.4.37 < 5.4.38
Unaffected: >= 5.4.38 < 5.4.39
Unaffected: >= 5.4.39 < 5.4.40
Unaffected: >= 5.4.40 < 5.4.41
Unaffected: >= 5.4.41 < 5.4.42
Unaffected: >= 5.4.42 < 5.4.43
Unaffected: >= 5.4.43 < 5.4.44
Unaffected: >= 5.4.44 < 5.4.45
Unaffected: >= 5.4.45 < 5.4.46
Architectures: All supported architectures
Description
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PHP. Please review the
CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact
A remote attacker can leverage these vulnerabilities to execute
arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All PHP 5.5 users should upgrade to the latest version: Code: | # emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/php-5.5.21"
| All PHP 5.4 users should upgrade to the latest version: Code: | # emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/php-5.4.37"
| All PHP 5.3 users should upgrade to the latest version. This branch is
currently past the end of life and it will no longer receive security
fixes. All PHP 5.3 users are strongly recommended to upgrade to the
current stable version of PHP 5.5 or previous stable version of PHP 5.4,
which are supported till at least 2016 and 2015 respectively.
References
CVE-2014-3710
CVE-2014-8142
CVE-2014-9425
CVE-2014-9427
CVE-2015-0231
CVE-2015-0232
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