GLSA 201110-06: PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:	high
Title:	PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	10/10/2011
Bugs:	#306939, #332039, #340807, #350908, #355399, #358791, #358975, #369071, #372745, #373965, #380261
ID:	201110-06

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in PHP, the worst of which leading to remote execution of arbitrary code.

Background

PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-lang/php	< 5.3.8	>= 5.3.8	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PHP. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A context-dependent attacker could execute arbitrary code, obtain sensitive information from process memory, bypass intended access restrictions, or cause a Denial of Service in various ways.

A remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service in various ways, bypass spam detections, or bypass open_basedir restrictions.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All PHP users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/php-5.3.8"
    

References

• CVE-2006-7243
• CVE-2009-5016
• CVE-2010-1128
• CVE-2010-1129
• CVE-2010-1130
• CVE-2010-1860
• CVE-2010-1861
• CVE-2010-1862
• CVE-2010-1864
• CVE-2010-1866
• CVE-2010-1868
• CVE-2010-1914
• CVE-2010-1915
• CVE-2010-1917
• CVE-2010-2093
• CVE-2010-2094
• CVE-2010-2097
• CVE-2010-2100
• CVE-2010-2101
• CVE-2010-2190
• CVE-2010-2191
• CVE-2010-2225
• CVE-2010-2484
• CVE-2010-2531
• CVE-2010-2950
• CVE-2010-3062
• CVE-2010-3063
• CVE-2010-3064
• CVE-2010-3065
• CVE-2010-3436
• CVE-2010-3709
• CVE-2010-3709
• CVE-2010-3710
• CVE-2010-3710
• CVE-2010-3870
• CVE-2010-4150
• CVE-2010-4409
• CVE-2010-4645
• CVE-2010-4697
• CVE-2010-4698
• CVE-2010-4699
• CVE-2010-4700
• CVE-2011-0420
• CVE-2011-0421
• CVE-2011-0708
• CVE-2011-0752
• CVE-2011-0753
• CVE-2011-0755
• CVE-2011-1092
• CVE-2011-1148
• CVE-2011-1153
• CVE-2011-1464
• CVE-2011-1466
• CVE-2011-1467
• CVE-2011-1468
• CVE-2011-1469
• CVE-2011-1470
• CVE-2011-1471
• CVE-2011-1657
• CVE-2011-1938
• CVE-2011-2202
• CVE-2011-2483
• CVE-2011-3182
• CVE-2011-3189
• CVE-2011-3267
• CVE-2011-3268

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201110-06.xml

Concerns?

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License

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