Issued:
2011-02-03
Updated:
2011-02-03

RHSA-2011:0196 - Moderate: php53 security update


Synopsis

Moderate: php53 security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Moderate

Topic

Updated php53 packages that fix three security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

Description

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

A flaw was found in the way PHP converted certain floating point values from string representation to a number. If a PHP script evaluated an attacker's input in a numeric context, the PHP interpreter could cause high CPU usage until the script execution time limit is reached. This issue only affected i386 systems. (CVE-2010-4645)

A stack memory exhaustion flaw was found in the way the PHP filter_var() function validated email addresses. An attacker could use this flaw to crash the PHP interpreter by providing excessively long input to be validated as an email address. (CVE-2010-3710)

A memory disclosure flaw was found in the PHP multi-byte string extension. If the mb_strcut() function was called with a length argument exceeding the input string size, the function could disclose a portion of the PHP interpreter's memory. (CVE-2010-4156)

All php53 users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues. After installing the updated packages, the httpd daemon must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Solution

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

This update is available via the 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

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.6ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support5.6ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support5.6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI5.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI5.6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS5.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS5.6ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS5.6i386

Updated Packages

  • php53-xmlrpc-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.s390x.rpm
  • php53-pdo-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.ia64.rpm
  • php53-odbc-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.ia64.rpm
  • php53-pgsql-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php53-pgsql-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.s390x.rpm
  • php53-common-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.ia64.rpm
  • php53-cli-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.ppc.rpm
  • php53-soap-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.ppc.rpm
  • php53-intl-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.s390x.rpm
  • php53-devel-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.ia64.rpm
  • php53-pspell-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
  • php53-gd-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.ia64.rpm
  • php53-pspell-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.s390x.rpm
  • php53-cli-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.ia64.rpm
  • php53-bcmath-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php53-pdo-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php53-gd-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.ppc.rpm
  • php53-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
  • php53-xmlrpc-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.ia64.rpm
  • php53-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php53-intl-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.ia64.rpm
  • php53-soap-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.ia64.rpm
  • php53-bcmath-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
  • php53-mbstring-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.s390x.rpm
  • php53-bcmath-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.ppc.rpm
  • php53-dba-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
  • php53-mbstring-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
  • php53-soap-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
  • php53-xmlrpc-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
  • php53-imap-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.s390x.rpm
  • php53-soap-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.s390x.rpm
  • php53-process-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.s390x.rpm
  • php53-ldap-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.s390x.rpm
  • php53-xml-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.ppc.rpm
  • php53-ldap-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.ia64.rpm
  • php53-common-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php53-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.ppc.rpm
  • php53-devel-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php53-xml-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.ia64.rpm
  • php53-ldap-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php53-bcmath-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.ia64.rpm
  • php53-snmp-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.ppc.rpm
  • php53-mbstring-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php53-xml-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.s390x.rpm
  • php53-xml-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php53-devel-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.s390x.rpm
  • php53-intl-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
  • php53-dba-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.ppc.rpm
  • php53-mysql-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.ia64.rpm
  • php53-bcmath-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.s390x.rpm
  • php53-pgsql-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.ppc.rpm
  • php53-pspell-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.ppc.rpm
  • php53-dba-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.s390x.rpm
  • php53-intl-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.ppc.rpm
  • php53-odbc-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.ppc.rpm
  • php53-pdo-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.s390x.rpm
  • php53-snmp-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.s390x.rpm
  • php53-odbc-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.s390x.rpm
  • php53-gd-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php53-intl-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php53-devel-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
  • php53-ldap-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
  • php53-gd-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
  • php53-imap-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.ia64.rpm
  • php53-odbc-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php53-pspell-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.ia64.rpm
  • php53-mysql-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php53-pdo-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
  • php53-imap-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.ppc.rpm
  • php53-pspell-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php53-dba-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.ia64.rpm
  • php53-pdo-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.ppc.rpm
  • php53-soap-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php53-common-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
  • php53-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.ia64.rpm
  • php53-snmp-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.ia64.rpm
  • php53-imap-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
  • php53-snmp-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
  • php53-dba-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php53-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.s390x.rpm
  • php53-odbc-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
  • php53-imap-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php53-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.src.rpm
  • php53-mbstring-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.ppc.rpm
  • php53-mbstring-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.ia64.rpm
  • php53-mysql-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.s390x.rpm
  • php53-common-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.ppc.rpm
  • php53-snmp-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php53-cli-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
  • php53-ldap-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.ppc.rpm
  • php53-mysql-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
  • php53-devel-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.ppc.rpm
  • php53-process-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.ia64.rpm
  • php53-process-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
  • php53-cli-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.s390x.rpm
  • php53-mysql-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.ppc.rpm
  • php53-cli-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php53-xmlrpc-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.ppc.rpm
  • php53-pgsql-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.ia64.rpm
  • php53-process-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php53-gd-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.s390x.rpm
  • php53-pgsql-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
  • php53-xmlrpc-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php53-xml-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.i386.rpm
  • php53-process-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.ppc.rpm
  • php53-common-5.3.3-1.el5_6.1.s390x.rpm

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