Ubuntu Security Update USN-3382-1: PHP vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3382-1


10th August, 2017

php5, php7.0 vulnerabilities


A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

  • Ubuntu 17.04
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary


Several security issues were fixed in PHP.

Software description

  • php5 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter
  • php7.0 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter
Details


It was discovered that the PHP opcache created keys for files it cached
based on their filepath. A local attacker could possibly use this issue in
a shared hosting environment to obtain sensitive information. This issue
only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-8994)

It was discovered that the PHP URL parser incorrectly handled certain URI
components. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass
hostname-specific URL checks. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
(CVE-2016-10397)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain boolean parameters
when unserializing data. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-11143)

Sebastian Li, Wei Lei, Xie Xiaofei, and Liu Yang discovered that PHP
incorrectly handled the OpenSSL sealing function. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of
service. (CVE-2017-11144)

Wei Lei and Liu Yang discovered that the PHP date extension incorrectly
handled memory. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to disclose
sensitive information from the server. (CVE-2017-11145)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain PHAR archives. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash or disclose
sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
(CVE-2017-11147)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled locale length. A remote
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in
a denial of service. (CVE-2017-11362)

Wei Lei and Liu Yang discovered that PHP incorrectly handled parsing ini
files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PHP to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-11628)

It was discovered that PHP mbstring incorrectly handled certain regular
expressions. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2017-9224, CVE-2017-9226, CVE-2017-9227, CVE-2017-9228, CVE-2017-9229)

Update instructions


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

Ubuntu 17.04:
php7.0-fpm 7.0.22-0ubuntu0.17.04.1
libapache2-mod-php7.0 7.0.22-0ubuntu0.17.04.1
php7.0-cli 7.0.22-0ubuntu0.17.04.1
php7.0-cgi 7.0.22-0ubuntu0.17.04.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
php7.0-fpm 7.0.22-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
libapache2-mod-php7.0 7.0.22-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
php7.0-cli 7.0.22-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
php7.0-cgi 7.0.22-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
php5-cli 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.22
php5-cgi 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.22
libapache2-mod-php5 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.22
php5-fpm 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.22

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

In Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 17.04, this update uses a new upstream
release, which includes additional bug fixes.

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

References


CVE-2015-8994, CVE-2016-10397, CVE-2017-11143, CVE-2017-11144, CVE-2017-11145, CVE-2017-11147, CVE-2017-11362, CVE-2017-11628, CVE-2017-9224, CVE-2017-9226, CVE-2017-9227, CVE-2017-9228, CVE-2017-9229

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