GLSA 201606-10: PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:normal
Title:PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:06/19/2016
Bugs: #537586, #541098, #544186, #544330, #546872, #549538, #552408, #555576, #555830, #556952, #559612, #562882, #571254, #573892, #577376
ID:201606-10

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in PHP, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution, or cause a Denial of Service condition.

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 < 5.6.19 >= 5.6.19 All supported architectures

Description

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

Impact

An attacker can possibly execute arbitrary code or create a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All PHP 5.4 users should upgrade to the latest 5.5 stable branch, as PHP 5.4 is now masked in Portage:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev=lang/php-5.5.33"
    

All PHP 5.5 users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev=lang/php-5.5.33"

All PHP 5.6 users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev=lang/php-5.6.19"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201606-10.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

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