Issued:: 2014-03-18
Updated:: 2014-03-18

RHSA-2014:0311 - Critical: php security update

Synopsis

Critical: php security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Critical

Topic

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

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Critical 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 buffer overflow flaw was found in the way PHP parsed floating point numbers from their text representation. If a PHP application converted untrusted input strings to numbers, an attacker able to provide such input could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the application. (CVE-2009-0689)

It was found that PHP did not properly handle file names with a NULL character. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to make a PHP script access unexpected files and bypass intended file system access restrictions. (CVE-2006-7243)

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

Affected Products

Product	Version	Arch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian	5	ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems	5	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

Updated Packages

php-5.1.6-44.el5_10.src.rpm
php-dba-5.1.6-44.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
php-pdo-5.1.6-44.el5_10.ppc.rpm
php-soap-5.1.6-44.el5_10.ia64.rpm
php-mbstring-5.1.6-44.el5_10.ia64.rpm
php-imap-5.1.6-44.el5_10.ia64.rpm
php-5.1.6-44.el5_10.ia64.rpm
php-pgsql-5.1.6-44.el5_10.ia64.rpm
php-common-5.1.6-44.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
php-gd-5.1.6-44.el5_10.ia64.rpm
php-pgsql-5.1.6-44.el5_10.i386.rpm
php-devel-5.1.6-44.el5_10.s390x.rpm
php-mbstring-5.1.6-44.el5_10.s390x.rpm
php-pdo-5.1.6-44.el5_10.s390x.rpm
php-cli-5.1.6-44.el5_10.i386.rpm
php-mysql-5.1.6-44.el5_10.ppc.rpm
php-common-5.1.6-44.el5_10.s390x.rpm
php-odbc-5.1.6-44.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
php-bcmath-5.1.6-44.el5_10.i386.rpm
php-odbc-5.1.6-44.el5_10.i386.rpm
php-common-5.1.6-44.el5_10.ppc.rpm
php-pdo-5.1.6-44.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
php-cli-5.1.6-44.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
php-pgsql-5.1.6-44.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
php-ldap-5.1.6-44.el5_10.ppc.rpm
php-gd-5.1.6-44.el5_10.ppc.rpm
php-soap-5.1.6-44.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
php-ldap-5.1.6-44.el5_10.ia64.rpm
php-bcmath-5.1.6-44.el5_10.ia64.rpm
php-mysql-5.1.6-44.el5_10.ia64.rpm
php-odbc-5.1.6-44.el5_10.s390x.rpm
php-ncurses-5.1.6-44.el5_10.ppc.rpm
php-xml-5.1.6-44.el5_10.s390x.rpm
php-devel-5.1.6-44.el5_10.ia64.rpm
php-5.1.6-44.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
php-debuginfo-5.1.6-44.el5_10.s390x.rpm
php-soap-5.1.6-44.el5_10.ppc.rpm
php-devel-5.1.6-44.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
php-bcmath-5.1.6-44.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
php-ncurses-5.1.6-44.el5_10.ia64.rpm
php-pdo-5.1.6-44.el5_10.ia64.rpm
php-dba-5.1.6-44.el5_10.ia64.rpm
php-5.1.6-44.el5_10.ppc.rpm
php-imap-5.1.6-44.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
php-mbstring-5.1.6-44.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
php-ncurses-5.1.6-44.el5_10.s390x.rpm
php-snmp-5.1.6-44.el5_10.ia64.rpm
php-imap-5.1.6-44.el5_10.s390x.rpm
php-snmp-5.1.6-44.el5_10.ppc.rpm
php-mbstring-5.1.6-44.el5_10.i386.rpm
php-5.1.6-44.el5_10.i386.rpm
php-xmlrpc-5.1.6-44.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
php-soap-5.1.6-44.el5_10.i386.rpm
php-xml-5.1.6-44.el5_10.ia64.rpm
php-odbc-5.1.6-44.el5_10.ia64.rpm
php-gd-5.1.6-44.el5_10.s390x.rpm
php-xmlrpc-5.1.6-44.el5_10.s390x.rpm
php-ldap-5.1.6-44.el5_10.s390x.rpm
php-bcmath-5.1.6-44.el5_10.s390x.rpm
php-devel-5.1.6-44.el5_10.i386.rpm
php-debuginfo-5.1.6-44.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
php-xmlrpc-5.1.6-44.el5_10.i386.rpm
php-xml-5.1.6-44.el5_10.i386.rpm
php-ldap-5.1.6-44.el5_10.i386.rpm
php-debuginfo-5.1.6-44.el5_10.i386.rpm
php-xmlrpc-5.1.6-44.el5_10.ia64.rpm
php-bcmath-5.1.6-44.el5_10.ppc.rpm
php-ncurses-5.1.6-44.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
php-dba-5.1.6-44.el5_10.ppc.rpm
php-xmlrpc-5.1.6-44.el5_10.ppc.rpm
php-ncurses-5.1.6-44.el5_10.i386.rpm
php-gd-5.1.6-44.el5_10.i386.rpm
php-ldap-5.1.6-44.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
php-cli-5.1.6-44.el5_10.ia64.rpm
php-snmp-5.1.6-44.el5_10.s390x.rpm
php-pdo-5.1.6-44.el5_10.i386.rpm
php-pgsql-5.1.6-44.el5_10.s390x.rpm
php-mbstring-5.1.6-44.el5_10.ppc.rpm
php-common-5.1.6-44.el5_10.ia64.rpm
php-dba-5.1.6-44.el5_10.i386.rpm
php-imap-5.1.6-44.el5_10.ppc.rpm
php-devel-5.1.6-44.el5_10.ppc.rpm
php-snmp-5.1.6-44.el5_10.i386.rpm
php-odbc-5.1.6-44.el5_10.ppc.rpm
php-xml-5.1.6-44.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
php-snmp-5.1.6-44.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
php-mysql-5.1.6-44.el5_10.s390x.rpm
php-gd-5.1.6-44.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
php-5.1.6-44.el5_10.s390x.rpm
php-soap-5.1.6-44.el5_10.s390x.rpm
php-xml-5.1.6-44.el5_10.ppc.rpm
php-dba-5.1.6-44.el5_10.s390x.rpm
php-imap-5.1.6-44.el5_10.i386.rpm
php-pgsql-5.1.6-44.el5_10.ppc.rpm
php-cli-5.1.6-44.el5_10.s390x.rpm
php-cli-5.1.6-44.el5_10.ppc.rpm
php-mysql-5.1.6-44.el5_10.i386.rpm
php-mysql-5.1.6-44.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
php-debuginfo-5.1.6-44.el5_10.ia64.rpm
php-debuginfo-5.1.6-44.el5_10.ppc.rpm
php-common-5.1.6-44.el5_10.i386.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical

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