[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201209-03 ] PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201209-03

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Severity: High

Title: PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities

Date: September 24, 2012

Bugs: #384301, #396311, #396533, #399247, #399567, #399573,

#401997, #410957, #414553, #421489, #427354, #429630

ID: 201209-03

 

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Synopsis

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Multiple vulnerabilities were found in PHP, the worst of which lead to

remote execution of arbitrary code.

 

Background

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PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is

especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML.

 

Affected packages

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected

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1 dev-lang/php < 5.3.15 >= 5.3.15

< 5.4.5 >= 5.4.5

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# Package 1 only applies to users of these architectures:

arm

 

Description

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PHP. Please review the

CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

 

Impact

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A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of

the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, obtain sensitive

information, create arbitrary files, conduct directory traversal

attacks, bypass protection mechanisms, or perform further attacks with

unspecified impact.

 

Workaround

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There is no known workaround at this time.

 

Resolution

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All PHP users should upgrade to the latest version:

 

# emerge --sync

# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/php-5.3.15"

 

All PHP users on ARM should upgrade to the latest version:

 

# emerge --sync

# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/php-5.4.5"

 

References

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[ 1 ] CVE-2011-1398

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1398

[ 2 ] CVE-2011-3379

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-3379

[ 3 ] CVE-2011-4566

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-4566

[ 4 ] CVE-2011-4885

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-4885

[ 5 ] CVE-2012-0057

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0057

[ 6 ] CVE-2012-0788

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0788

[ 7 ] CVE-2012-0789

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0789

[ 8 ] CVE-2012-0830

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0830

[ 9 ] CVE-2012-0831

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0831

[ 10 ] CVE-2012-1172

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1172

[ 11 ] CVE-2012-1823

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1823

[ 12 ] CVE-2012-2143

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2143

[ 13 ] CVE-2012-2311

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2311

[ 14 ] CVE-2012-2335

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2335

[ 15 ] CVE-2012-2336

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2336

[ 16 ] CVE-2012-2386

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2386

[ 17 ] CVE-2012-2688

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2688

[ 18 ] CVE-2012-3365

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-3365

[ 19 ] CVE-2012-3450

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-3450

 

Availability

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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at

the Gentoo Security Website:

 

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-03.xml

 

Concerns?

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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the

confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost

importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to

security ( -at -) gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at

https://bugs.gentoo.org.

 

License

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Copyright 2012 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text

belongs to its owner(s).

 

The contents of this document are licensed under the

Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

 

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5