GLSA 202003-57: PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:high
Title:PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:03/26/2020
Bugs: #671872, #706168, #710304, #713484
ID:202003-57

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in PHP, the worst of which could result in the execution of arbitrary shell commands.

Background

PHP is an open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development.

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
dev-lang/php < 7.4.4 >= 7.2.29 All supported architectures

Description

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

Impact

An attacker could possibly execute arbitrary shell commands, cause a Denial of Service condition or obtain sensitive information.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All PHP 7.2.x users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/php-7.2.29"
    

All PHP 7.3.x users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/php-7.3.16"

All PHP 7.4.x users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/php-7.4.4"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202003-57.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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