Issued:: 2014-08-06
Updated:: 2014-08-06

RHSA-2014:1012 - Moderate: php53 and php security update

Synopsis

Moderate: php53 and php security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Moderate

Topic

Updated php53 and php packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 respectively.

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. PHP's fileinfo module provides functions used to identify a particular file according to the type of data contained by the file.

Multiple denial of service flaws were found in the way the File Information (fileinfo) extension parsed certain Composite Document Format (CDF) files. A remote attacker could use either of these flaws to crash a PHP application using fileinfo via a specially crafted CDF file. (CVE-2014-0237, CVE-2014-0238, CVE-2014-3479, CVE-2014-3480, CVE-2012-1571)

Two denial of service flaws were found in the way the File Information (fileinfo) extension handled indirect and search rules. A remote attacker could use either of these flaws to cause a PHP application using fileinfo to crash or consume an excessive amount of CPU. (CVE-2014-1943, CVE-2014-2270)

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way PHP parsed DNS TXT records. A malicious DNS server or a man-in-the-middle attacker could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary code as the PHP interpreter if a PHP application used the dns_get_record() function to perform a DNS query. (CVE-2014-4049)

A type confusion issue was found in PHP's phpinfo() function. A malicious script author could possibly use this flaw to disclose certain portions of server memory. (CVE-2014-4721)

A buffer over-read flaw was found in the way the DateInterval class parsed interval specifications. An attacker able to make a PHP application parse a specially crafted specification using DateInterval could possibly cause the PHP interpreter to crash. (CVE-2013-6712)

A type confusion issue was found in the SPL ArrayObject and SPLObjectStorage classes' unserialize() method. A remote attacker able to submit specially crafted input to a PHP application, which would then unserialize this input using one of the aforementioned methods, could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running that PHP application. (CVE-2014-3515)

The CVE-2014-0237, CVE-2014-0238, CVE-2014-3479, and CVE-2014-3480 issues were discovered by Francisco Alonso of Red Hat Product Security.

All php53 and php users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues.

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/articles/11258

Affected Products

Product	Version	Arch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support	6.5	x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support	6.5	i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing	6	x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian	6	ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian	5	ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support	6.5	ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems	6	s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems	5	s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support	6.5	s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation	6	x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation	6	i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation	5	x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation	5	i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server	6	x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server	6	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	6	x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI	6	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 - TUS	6.5	x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support	6	x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI	6.5	x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI	6.5	i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support	6	x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support	6	i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension	6	x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension	6	i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)	6	s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)	6	s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS	6.5	x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node	6.5	x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop	6	x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop	6	i386

Updated Packages

php-mysql-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.i686.rpm
php-dba-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.i686.rpm
php-embedded-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm
php53-pdo-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ppc.rpm
php53-dba-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ia64.rpm
php-embedded-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.ppc64.rpm
php53-common-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ppc.rpm
php53-ldap-5.3.3-23.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
php-tidy-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm
php-ldap-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.i686.rpm
php-soap-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.i686.rpm
php-pdo-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.ppc64.rpm
php-tidy-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.s390x.rpm
php53-soap-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ppc.rpm
php53-ldap-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ppc.rpm
php53-soap-5.3.3-23.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
php53-xmlrpc-5.3.3-23.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
php53-snmp-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ia64.rpm
php-devel-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm
php-intl-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.s390x.rpm
php-zts-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.s390x.rpm
php53-ldap-5.3.3-23.el5_10.s390x.rpm
php53-ldap-5.3.3-23.el5_10.i386.rpm
php-odbc-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.s390x.rpm
php53-imap-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ia64.rpm
php-gd-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.s390x.rpm
php-xml-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.ppc64.rpm
php53-snmp-5.3.3-23.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
php53-imap-5.3.3-23.el5_10.i386.rpm
php-cli-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.i686.rpm
php-odbc-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.i686.rpm
php-pdo-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.i686.rpm
php53-pgsql-5.3.3-23.el5_10.s390x.rpm
php53-odbc-5.3.3-23.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
php53-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ppc.rpm
php-xmlrpc-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.i686.rpm
php-zts-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.i686.rpm
php53-soap-5.3.3-23.el5_10.i386.rpm
php-gd-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm
php-recode-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm
php-dba-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.ppc64.rpm
php-recode-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.ppc64.rpm
php53-xml-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ppc.rpm
php-pspell-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.s390x.rpm
php-process-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.i686.rpm
php-recode-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.s390x.rpm
php-mbstring-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.s390x.rpm
php-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.i686.rpm
php-zts-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm
php-xmlrpc-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.s390x.rpm
php53-pgsql-5.3.3-23.el5_10.i386.rpm
php53-mysql-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ppc.rpm
php53-mbstring-5.3.3-23.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
php-fpm-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.i686.rpm
php-bcmath-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.ppc64.rpm
php53-odbc-5.3.3-23.el5_10.s390x.rpm
php53-process-5.3.3-23.el5_10.s390x.rpm
php-ldap-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.ppc64.rpm
php-xml-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.s390x.rpm
php53-process-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ppc.rpm
php53-gd-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ia64.rpm
php53-xmlrpc-5.3.3-23.el5_10.i386.rpm
php53-dba-5.3.3-23.el5_10.s390x.rpm
php-pgsql-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.i686.rpm
php-process-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.ppc64.rpm
php53-debuginfo-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ppc.rpm
php53-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ia64.rpm
php53-imap-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ppc.rpm
php53-pspell-5.3.3-23.el5_10.i386.rpm
php53-pdo-5.3.3-23.el5_10.i386.rpm
php53-intl-5.3.3-23.el5_10.i386.rpm
php53-intl-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ia64.rpm
php53-ldap-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ia64.rpm
php53-mysql-5.3.3-23.el5_10.i386.rpm
php-pgsql-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm
php-enchant-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.ppc64.rpm
php53-gd-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ppc.rpm
php53-soap-5.3.3-23.el5_10.s390x.rpm
php-fpm-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.ppc64.rpm
php-gd-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.ppc64.rpm
php53-5.3.3-23.el5_10.i386.rpm
php-cli-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.ppc64.rpm
php-imap-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.s390x.rpm
php-tidy-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.i686.rpm
php53-devel-5.3.3-23.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
php-xmlrpc-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.ppc64.rpm
php-common-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm
php-common-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.i686.rpm
php-ldap-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.s390x.rpm
php-embedded-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.i686.rpm
php-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.s390x.rpm
php-mysql-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.s390x.rpm
php53-cli-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ia64.rpm
php-mbstring-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm
php53-xmlrpc-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ppc.rpm
php53-bcmath-5.3.3-23.el5_10.s390x.rpm
php53-devel-5.3.3-23.el5_10.s390x.rpm
php-devel-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.ppc64.rpm
php-soap-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.s390x.rpm
php53-dba-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ppc.rpm
php53-pdo-5.3.3-23.el5_10.s390x.rpm
php53-pgsql-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ppc.rpm
php-imap-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.i686.rpm
php53-xmlrpc-5.3.3-23.el5_10.s390x.rpm
php-debuginfo-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.i686.rpm
php53-common-5.3.3-23.el5_10.i386.rpm
php53-pdo-5.3.3-23.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
php53-mbstring-5.3.3-23.el5_10.i386.rpm
php53-bcmath-5.3.3-23.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
php53-mysql-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ia64.rpm
php-xml-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.i686.rpm
php-xml-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm
php-fpm-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm
php-pspell-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm
php53-bcmath-5.3.3-23.el5_10.i386.rpm
php53-pgsql-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ia64.rpm
php53-pspell-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ppc.rpm
php-pgsql-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.ppc64.rpm
php-mysql-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.ppc64.rpm
php-debuginfo-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.s390x.rpm
php-embedded-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.s390x.rpm
php-pgsql-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.s390x.rpm
php-zts-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.ppc64.rpm
php53-debuginfo-5.3.3-23.el5_10.i386.rpm
php53-debuginfo-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ia64.rpm
php-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm
php-mysql-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm
php-pdo-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.s390x.rpm
php53-pgsql-5.3.3-23.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
php-odbc-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm
php53-odbc-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ia64.rpm
php53-cli-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ppc.rpm
php-cli-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.s390x.rpm
php53-imap-5.3.3-23.el5_10.s390x.rpm
php53-debuginfo-5.3.3-23.el5_10.s390x.rpm
php53-snmp-5.3.3-23.el5_10.i386.rpm
php53-mbstring-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ia64.rpm
php-devel-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.i686.rpm
php-ldap-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm
php-tidy-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.ppc64.rpm
php53-odbc-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ppc.rpm
php53-process-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ia64.rpm
php-imap-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.ppc64.rpm
php-bcmath-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.i686.rpm
php-snmp-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm
php-debuginfo-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm
php-process-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm
php-snmp-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.ppc64.rpm
php-fpm-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.s390x.rpm
php-dba-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.s390x.rpm
php53-mbstring-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ppc.rpm
php-recode-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.i686.rpm
php53-cli-5.3.3-23.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
php53-gd-5.3.3-23.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
php53-mysql-5.3.3-23.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
php-snmp-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.i686.rpm
php53-pspell-5.3.3-23.el5_10.s390x.rpm
php-intl-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.ppc64.rpm
php-process-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.s390x.rpm
php53-pdo-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ia64.rpm
php53-snmp-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ppc.rpm
php53-devel-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ia64.rpm
php-pdo-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm
php53-bcmath-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ia64.rpm
php53-mbstring-5.3.3-23.el5_10.s390x.rpm
php-common-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.s390x.rpm
php-bcmath-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm
php53-imap-5.3.3-23.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
php53-dba-5.3.3-23.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
php53-xml-5.3.3-23.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
php-bcmath-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.s390x.rpm
php-enchant-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.s390x.rpm
php53-gd-5.3.3-23.el5_10.s390x.rpm
php53-cli-5.3.3-23.el5_10.s390x.rpm
php53-xml-5.3.3-23.el5_10.i386.rpm
php53-dba-5.3.3-23.el5_10.i386.rpm
php53-xml-5.3.3-23.el5_10.s390x.rpm
php53-odbc-5.3.3-23.el5_10.i386.rpm
php53-devel-5.3.3-23.el5_10.i386.rpm
php53-process-5.3.3-23.el5_10.i386.rpm
php53-5.3.3-23.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
php-pspell-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.i686.rpm
php53-snmp-5.3.3-23.el5_10.s390x.rpm
php-xmlrpc-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm
php-snmp-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.s390x.rpm
php-intl-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.i686.rpm
php-gd-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.i686.rpm
php53-devel-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ppc.rpm
php53-soap-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ia64.rpm
php53-gd-5.3.3-23.el5_10.i386.rpm
php53-pspell-5.3.3-23.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
php53-cli-5.3.3-23.el5_10.i386.rpm
php53-process-5.3.3-23.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
php-cli-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm
php53-xmlrpc-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ia64.rpm
php-imap-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm
php53-pspell-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ia64.rpm
php-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.src.rpm
php53-mysql-5.3.3-23.el5_10.s390x.rpm
php-intl-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm
php-mbstring-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.ppc64.rpm
php53-intl-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ppc.rpm
php-debuginfo-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.ppc64.rpm
php-odbc-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.ppc64.rpm
php53-bcmath-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ppc.rpm
php-soap-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.ppc64.rpm
php-common-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.ppc64.rpm
php-devel-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.s390x.rpm
php53-common-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ia64.rpm
php-enchant-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm
php-pspell-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.ppc64.rpm
php-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.ppc64.rpm
php53-5.3.3-23.el5_10.s390x.rpm
php-enchant-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.i686.rpm
php53-common-5.3.3-23.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
php-soap-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm
php53-debuginfo-5.3.3-23.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
php53-intl-5.3.3-23.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
php53-xml-5.3.3-23.el5_10.ia64.rpm
php53-5.3.3-23.el5_10.src.rpm
php-dba-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm
php53-common-5.3.3-23.el5_10.s390x.rpm
php53-intl-5.3.3-23.el5_10.s390x.rpm
php-mbstring-5.3.3-27.el6_5.1.i686.rpm

Fixes

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References

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