USN-7153-1: PHP vulnerability

12 December 2024

PHP could be made to overwrite files.

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Releases

Packages

  • php7.0 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter
  • php7.2 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

Details

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled long string inputs
in two database drivers. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to write files in locations they would not normally have
access to. (CVE-2024-11236)

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04

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

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