Ubuntu Security Notice 3902-1 - It was discovered that the PHP XML-RPC module incorrectly handled decoding XML data. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. It was discovered that the PHP PHAR module incorrectly handled certain filenames. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. It was discovered that PHP incorrectly parsed certain DNS responses. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Various other issues were also addressed.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3902-1
March 06, 2019
php5, php7.0 vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in PHP.
Software Description:
- php7.0: HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter
- php5: HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter
Details:
It was discovered that the PHP XML-RPC module incorrectly handled decoding
XML data. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PHP to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-9020, CVE-2019-9024)
It was discovered that the PHP PHAR module incorrectly handled certain
filenames. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PHP to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-9021)
It was discovered that PHP incorrectly parsed certain DNS responses. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PHP to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04
LTS. (CVE-2019-9022)
It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled mbstring regular
expressions. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PHP
to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-9023)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
libapache2-mod-php7.0 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
php7.0-cgi 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
php7.0-cli 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
php7.0-fpm 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
php7.0-mbstring 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
php7.0-xmlrpc 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libapache2-mod-php5 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.27
php5-cgi 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.27
php5-cli 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.27
php5-fpm 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.27
php5-xmlrpc 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.27
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3902-1
CVE-2019-9020, CVE-2019-9021, CVE-2019-9022, CVE-2019-9023,
CVE-2019-9024
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php7.0/7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.27