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[RHSA-2008:0546-01] Moderate: php security update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

 

Synopsis: Moderate: php security update

Advisory ID: RHSA-2008:0546-01

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0546.html

Issue date: 2008-07-16

CVE Names: CVE-2008-2051 CVE-2007-5898 CVE-2007-5899

CVE-2006-7228 CVE-2007-1660 CVE-2008-2107

CVE-2008-2108

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1. Summary:

 

Updated PHP packages that fix several security issues are now available for

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1.

 

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red

Hat Security Response Team.

 

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 - i386, ia64

Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 - ia64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 - i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 - i386

 

3. Description:

 

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

HTTP Web server.

 

It was discovered that the PHP escapeshellcmd() function did not properly

escape multi-byte characters which are not valid in the locale used by the

script. This could allow an attacker to bypass quoting restrictions imposed

by escapeshellcmd() and execute arbitrary commands if the PHP script was

using certain locales. Scripts using the default UTF-8 locale are not

affected by this issue. (CVE-2008-2051)

 

The PHP functions htmlentities() and htmlspecialchars() did not properly

recognize partial multi-byte sequences. Certain sequences of bytes could be

passed through these functions without being correctly HTML-escaped.

Depending on the browser being used, an attacker could use this flaw to

conduct cross-site scripting attacks. (CVE-2007-5898)

 

A PHP script which used the transparent session ID configuration option, or

which used the output_add_rewrite_var() function, could leak session

identifiers to external web sites. If a page included an HTML form with an

ACTION attribute referencing a non-local URL, the user's session ID would

be included in the form data passed to that URL. (CVE-2007-5899)

 

It was discovered that PHP did not properly seed its pseudo-random number

generator used by functions such as rand() and mt_rand(), possibly allowing

an attacker to easily predict the generated pseudo-random values.

(CVE-2008-2107, CVE-2008-2108)

 

Integer overflow and memory requirements miscalculation issues were

discovered in the Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library used by

PHP to process regular expressions. These issues could cause a crash, or

possibly execute an arbitrary code with the privileges of the PHP script

that processes regular expressions from untrusted sources. Note: PHP

packages shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 did not use the

system-level PCRE library. By default they used an embedded copy of the

library included with the PHP package. (CVE-2006-7228, CVE-2007-1660)

 

Users of PHP should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain

backported patches to correct these issues.

 

4. 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

http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

 

5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

 

315881 - CVE-2007-1660 pcre regular expression flaws

382411 - CVE-2007-5898 php htmlentities/htmlspecialchars multibyte sequences

382431 - CVE-2007-5899 php session ID leakage

383371 - CVE-2006-7228 pcre integer overflow

445006 - CVE-2008-2051 PHP multibyte shell escape flaw

445684 - CVE-2008-2107 PHP 32 bit weak random seed

445685 - CVE-2008-2108 PHP weak 64 bit random seed

 

6. Package List:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 :

 

Source:

ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/2.1AS/en/os/SRPMS/php-4.1.2-2.20.src.rpm

 

i386:

php-4.1.2-2.20.i386.rpm

php-devel-4.1.2-2.20.i386.rpm

php-imap-4.1.2-2.20.i386.rpm

php-ldap-4.1.2-2.20.i386.rpm

php-manual-4.1.2-2.20.i386.rpm

php-mysql-4.1.2-2.20.i386.rpm

php-odbc-4.1.2-2.20.i386.rpm

php-pgsql-4.1.2-2.20.i386.rpm

 

ia64:

php-4.1.2-2.20.ia64.rpm

php-devel-4.1.2-2.20.ia64.rpm

php-imap-4.1.2-2.20.ia64.rpm

php-ldap-4.1.2-2.20.ia64.rpm

php-manual-4.1.2-2.20.ia64.rpm

php-mysql-4.1.2-2.20.ia64.rpm

php-odbc-4.1.2-2.20.ia64.rpm

php-pgsql-4.1.2-2.20.ia64.rpm

 

Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1:

 

Source:

ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/2.1AW/en/os/SRPMS/php-4.1.2-2.20.src.rpm

 

ia64:

php-4.1.2-2.20.ia64.rpm

php-devel-4.1.2-2.20.ia64.rpm

php-imap-4.1.2-2.20.ia64.rpm

php-ldap-4.1.2-2.20.ia64.rpm

php-manual-4.1.2-2.20.ia64.rpm

php-mysql-4.1.2-2.20.ia64.rpm

php-odbc-4.1.2-2.20.ia64.rpm

php-pgsql-4.1.2-2.20.ia64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1:

 

Source:

ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/2.1ES/en/os/SRPMS/php-4.1.2-2.20.src.rpm

 

i386:

php-4.1.2-2.20.i386.rpm

php-devel-4.1.2-2.20.i386.rpm

php-imap-4.1.2-2.20.i386.rpm

php-ldap-4.1.2-2.20.i386.rpm

php-manual-4.1.2-2.20.i386.rpm

php-mysql-4.1.2-2.20.i386.rpm

php-odbc-4.1.2-2.20.i386.rpm

php-pgsql-4.1.2-2.20.i386.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1:

 

Source:

ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/2.1WS/en/os/SRPMS/php-4.1.2-2.20.src.rpm

 

i386:

php-4.1.2-2.20.i386.rpm

php-devel-4.1.2-2.20.i386.rpm

php-imap-4.1.2-2.20.i386.rpm

php-ldap-4.1.2-2.20.i386.rpm

php-manual-4.1.2-2.20.i386.rpm

php-mysql-4.1.2-2.20.i386.rpm

php-odbc-4.1.2-2.20.i386.rpm

php-pgsql-4.1.2-2.20.i386.rpm

 

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and

details on how to verify the signature are available from

https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package

 

7. References:

 

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2051

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5898

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5899

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-7228

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1660

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2107

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2108

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

 

8. Contact:

 

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact

details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

 

Copyright 2008 Red Hat, Inc.

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