USN-3646-2: PHP vulnerabilities

16 May 2018

Several security issues were fixed in PHP.

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Releases

Packages

  • php5 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

Details

USN-3646-1 fixed a vulnerability in PHP. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled opcache access controls
when configured to use PHP-FPM. A local user could possibly use this issue
to obtain sensitive information from another user's PHP applications.
(CVE-2018-10545)

It was discovered that the PHP PHAR error pages incorrectly filtered
certain data. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform
a reflected XSS attack. (CVE-2018-10547)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled LDAP. A malicious remote
LDAP server could possibly use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting
in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-10548)

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 12.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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