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  2. USN-4330-1

USN-4330-1: PHP vulnerabilities

Publication date

15 April 2020

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in PHP.

Releases

Packages

  • php5 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter
  • php7.0 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter
  • php7.2 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter
  • php7.3 - server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (metapackage)

Details

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain file uploads.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash.
(CVE-2020-7062)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain PHAR archive files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information.
(CVE-2020-7063)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain EXIF files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information
or cause a crash. (CVE-2020-7064)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain UTF strings.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute
arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 19.10. (CVE-2020-7065)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain URLs.
An attacker could...

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain file uploads.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash.
(CVE-2020-7062)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain PHAR archive files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information.
(CVE-2020-7063)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain EXIF files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information
or cause a crash. (CVE-2020-7064)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain UTF strings.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute
arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 19.10. (CVE-2020-7065)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain URLs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 19.10.
(CVE-2020-7066)

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
19.10 eoan libapache2-mod-php7.3 –  7.3.11-0ubuntu0.19.10.4
php7.3-cgi –  7.3.11-0ubuntu0.19.10.4
php7.3-cli –  7.3.11-0ubuntu0.19.10.4
php7.3-fpm –  7.3.11-0ubuntu0.19.10.4
php7.3-mbstring –  7.3.11-0ubuntu0.19.10.4
18.04 bionic libapache2-mod-php7.2 –  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.4
php7.2 –  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.4
php7.2-cgi –  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.4
php7.2-cli –  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.4
php7.2-fpm –  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.4
16.04 xenial libapache2-mod-php7.0 –  7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.14
php7.0-cgi –  7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.14
php7.0-cli –  7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.14
php7.0-fpm –  7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.14
14.04 trusty libapache2-mod-php5 –  5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm11
php5-cgi –  5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm11
php5-cli –  5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm11
php5-fpm –  5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm11
12.04 precise libapache2-mod-php5 –  5.3.10-1ubuntu3.45
php5-cgi –  5.3.10-1ubuntu3.45
php5-cli –  5.3.10-1ubuntu3.45
php5-fpm –  5.3.10-1ubuntu3.45

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