Issued:: 2009-04-06
Updated:: 2009-04-06

RHSA-2009:0338 - Moderate: php security update

Synopsis

Moderate: php security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Moderate

Topic

Updated php packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Description

PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language commonly used with the Apache HTTP Web server.

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in PHP's mbstring extension. A remote attacker able to pass arbitrary input to a PHP script using mbstring conversion functions could cause the PHP interpreter to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2008-5557)

A flaw was found in the handling of the "mbstring.func_overload" configuration setting. A value set for one virtual host, or in a user's .htaccess file, was incorrectly applied to other virtual hosts on the same server, causing the handling of multibyte character strings to not work correctly. (CVE-2009-0754)

A buffer overflow flaw was found in PHP's imageloadfont function. If a PHP script allowed a remote attacker to load a carefully crafted font file, it could cause the PHP interpreter to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2008-3658)

A flaw was found in the way PHP handled certain file extensions when running in FastCGI mode. If the PHP interpreter was being executed via FastCGI, a remote attacker could create a request which would cause the PHP interpreter to crash. (CVE-2008-3660)

A memory disclosure flaw was found in the PHP gd extension's imagerotate function. A remote attacker able to pass arbitrary values as the "background color" argument of the function could, possibly, view portions of the PHP interpreter's memory. (CVE-2008-5498)

A cross-site scripting flaw was found in a way PHP reported errors for invalid cookies. If the PHP interpreter had "display_errors" enabled, a remote attacker able to set a specially-crafted cookie on a victim's system could possibly inject arbitrary HTML into an error message generated by PHP. (CVE-2008-5814)

All php users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues. The httpd web server must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

Product	Version	Arch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support	5.3	x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support	5.3	ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support	5.3	i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian	5	ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support	5.3	ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems	5	s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support	5.3	s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation	5	x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation	5	i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server	5	x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server	5	ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server	5	i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI	5	x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI	5	i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS	5.3	x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS	5.3	ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS	5.3	i386

Updated Packages

php-devel-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.i386.rpm
php-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.x86_64.rpm
php-dba-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.x86_64.rpm
php-pgsql-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ia64.rpm
php-xmlrpc-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ia64.rpm
php-imap-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ia64.rpm
php-pgsql-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.i386.rpm
php-dba-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.i386.rpm
php-xml-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.x86_64.rpm
php-snmp-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ia64.rpm
php-xml-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.s390x.rpm
php-ncurses-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ia64.rpm
php-mbstring-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.x86_64.rpm
php-xml-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ia64.rpm
php-dba-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ia64.rpm
php-mbstring-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ppc.rpm
php-devel-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ppc.rpm
php-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.s390x.rpm
php-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ppc.rpm
php-cli-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.i386.rpm
php-pgsql-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ppc.rpm
php-mysql-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ppc.rpm
php-odbc-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.x86_64.rpm
php-xml-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.i386.rpm
php-ncurses-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.x86_64.rpm
php-bcmath-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ppc.rpm
php-mysql-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.i386.rpm
php-cli-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.x86_64.rpm
php-snmp-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.x86_64.rpm
php-cli-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ppc.rpm
php-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.src.rpm
php-mysql-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.s390x.rpm
php-devel-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.s390x.rpm
php-odbc-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.i386.rpm
php-dba-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ppc.rpm
php-ncurses-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.s390x.rpm
php-ldap-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.i386.rpm
php-common-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.x86_64.rpm
php-mbstring-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ia64.rpm
php-soap-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.x86_64.rpm
php-xmlrpc-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.s390x.rpm
php-devel-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ia64.rpm
php-ldap-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ia64.rpm
php-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ia64.rpm
php-odbc-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.s390x.rpm
php-imap-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.x86_64.rpm
php-pdo-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ia64.rpm
php-odbc-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ia64.rpm
php-cli-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.s390x.rpm
php-common-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.s390x.rpm
php-mysql-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ia64.rpm
php-mbstring-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.s390x.rpm
php-gd-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.s390x.rpm
php-xmlrpc-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.i386.rpm
php-common-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ia64.rpm
php-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.i386.rpm
php-soap-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.i386.rpm
php-imap-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.s390x.rpm
php-bcmath-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.x86_64.rpm
php-cli-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ia64.rpm
php-xmlrpc-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.x86_64.rpm
php-snmp-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.s390x.rpm
php-mbstring-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.i386.rpm
php-gd-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ppc.rpm
php-pgsql-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.s390x.rpm
php-imap-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.i386.rpm
php-gd-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ia64.rpm
php-dba-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.s390x.rpm
php-ldap-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.x86_64.rpm
php-ldap-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.s390x.rpm
php-pdo-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.s390x.rpm
php-xml-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ppc.rpm
php-pdo-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.i386.rpm
php-gd-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.x86_64.rpm
php-devel-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.x86_64.rpm
php-mysql-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.x86_64.rpm
php-odbc-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ppc.rpm
php-bcmath-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ia64.rpm
php-ncurses-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ppc.rpm
php-gd-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.i386.rpm
php-pdo-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.x86_64.rpm
php-soap-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.s390x.rpm
php-common-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.i386.rpm
php-bcmath-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.s390x.rpm
php-soap-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ia64.rpm
php-ldap-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ppc.rpm
php-common-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ppc.rpm
php-snmp-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.i386.rpm
php-xmlrpc-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ppc.rpm
php-pdo-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ppc.rpm
php-imap-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ppc.rpm
php-snmp-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ppc.rpm
php-bcmath-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.i386.rpm
php-soap-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.ppc.rpm
php-pgsql-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.x86_64.rpm
php-ncurses-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.i386.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References

http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Additional information

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