Ubuntu Security Update USN-4166-2: PHP vulnerability

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php5 vulnerability


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

• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 12.04 ESM

Summary


PHP could be made to run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Software Description

• php5 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

Details


USN-4166-1 fixed a vulnerability in PHP. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain paths when being used in FastCGI configurations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions


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

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
libapache2-mod-php5 - 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm6
php5-cgi - 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm6
php5-cli - 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm6
php5-fpm - 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm6
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
libapache2-mod-php5 - 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.40
php5-cgi - 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.40
php5-cli - 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.40
php5-fpm - 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.40

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

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

References

• USN-4166-1
• CVE-2019-11043

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