Issued:
2013-12-11
Updated:
2013-12-11

RHSA-2013:1815 - Critical: php security update

Synopsis

Critical: php security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Critical

Topic

Updated php packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Software Collections 1.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

Description

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

A memory corruption flaw was found in the way the openssl_x509_parse() function of the PHP openssl extension parsed X.509 certificates. A remote attacker could use this flaw to provide a malicious self-signed certificate or a certificate signed by a trusted authority to a PHP application using the aforementioned function, causing the application to crash or, possibly, allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the PHP interpreter. (CVE-2013-6420)

Red Hat would like to thank the PHP project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Stefan Esser as the original reporter of this issue.

All php users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. 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 https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Workstation)1x86_64
Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server)1x86_64
Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server)1x86_64
Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server)1x86_64
Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server)1x86_64
Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) from RHUI1x86_64

Updated Packages

  • php54-php-mbstring-5.4.16-7.el6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php54-php-process-5.4.16-7.el6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php54-php-pdo-5.4.16-7.el6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php54-php-soap-5.4.16-7.el6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php54-php-intl-5.4.16-7.el6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php54-php-ldap-5.4.16-7.el6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php54-php-tidy-5.4.16-7.el6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php54-php-xml-5.4.16-7.el6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php54-php-common-5.4.16-7.el6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php54-php-dba-5.4.16-7.el6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php54-php-odbc-5.4.16-7.el6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php54-php-pspell-5.4.16-7.el6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php54-php-cli-5.4.16-7.el6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php54-php-pgsql-5.4.16-7.el6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php54-php-bcmath-5.4.16-7.el6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php54-php-devel-5.4.16-7.el6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php54-php-gd-5.4.16-7.el6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php54-php-5.4.16-7.el6.1.src.rpm
  • php54-php-imap-5.4.16-7.el6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php54-php-xmlrpc-5.4.16-7.el6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php54-php-mysqlnd-5.4.16-7.el6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php54-php-recode-5.4.16-7.el6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php54-php-snmp-5.4.16-7.el6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php54-php-enchant-5.4.16-7.el6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php54-php-debuginfo-5.4.16-7.el6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php54-php-5.4.16-7.el6.1.x86_64.rpm
  • php54-php-fpm-5.4.16-7.el6.1.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References

Additional information