USN-1307-1: PHP vulnerability

Publication date

14 December 2011

Overview

PHP could be made to crash or disclose sensitive information if it processed a specially crafted image file.


Packages

  • php5 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

Details

Florent Hochwelker discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain EXIF
headers in JPEG files. A remote attacker could exploit this issue to
view sensitive information or cause the PHP server to crash.

Florent Hochwelker discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain EXIF
headers in JPEG files. A remote attacker could exploit this issue to
view sensitive information or cause the PHP server to crash.

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
8.04 hardy php5-cli –  5.2.4-2ubuntu5.19
php5-cgi –  5.2.4-2ubuntu5.19
11.10 oneiric php5-cli –  5.3.6-13ubuntu3.3
php5-cgi –  5.3.6-13ubuntu3.3
11.04 natty php5-cli –  5.3.5-1ubuntu7.4
php5-cgi –  5.3.5-1ubuntu7.4
10.10 maverick php5-cli –  5.3.3-1ubuntu9.7
php5-cgi –  5.3.3-1ubuntu9.7
10.04 lucid php5-cli –  5.3.2-1ubuntu4.11
php5-cgi –  5.3.2-1ubuntu4.11

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