USN-4239-1: PHP vulnerabilities

Publication date

15 January 2020

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in PHP.


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 files. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, 16.04 LTS, 18.04 LTS, 19.04 and 19.10. (CVE-2019-11045)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.
(CVE-2019-11046)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain images. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information.
(CVE-2019-11047, CVE-2019-11050)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, 16.04 LTS, 18.04 LTS, 19.04 and 19.10. (CVE-2019-11045)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.
(CVE-2019-11046)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain images. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information.
(CVE-2019-11047, CVE-2019-11050)

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 –  7.3.11-0ubuntu0.19.10.2
php7.3-bcmath –  7.3.11-0ubuntu0.19.10.2
php7.3-cgi –  7.3.11-0ubuntu0.19.10.2
php7.3-cli –  7.3.11-0ubuntu0.19.10.2
php7.3-fpm –  7.3.11-0ubuntu0.19.10.2
php7.3-mbstring –  7.3.11-0ubuntu0.19.10.2
php7.3-xmlrpc –  7.3.11-0ubuntu0.19.10.2
19.04 disco libapache2-mod-php7.2 –  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.19.04.2
php7.2-bcmath –  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.19.04.2
php7.2-cgi –  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.19.04.2
php7.2-cli –  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.19.04.2
php7.2-fpm –  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.19.04.2
php7.2-mbstring –  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.19.04.2
php7.2-xmlrpc –  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.19.04.2
18.04 bionic libapache2-mod-php7.2 –  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.2
php7.2-bcmath –  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.2
php7.2-cgi –  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.2
php7.2-cli –  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.2
php7.2-fpm –  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.2
php7.2-mbstring –  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.2
php7.2-xmlrpc –  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.2
16.04 xenial libapache2-mod-php7.0 –  7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.9
php7.0-bcmath –  7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.9
php7.0-cgi –  7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.9
php7.0-cli –  7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.9
php7.0-fpm –  7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.9
php7.0-mbstring –  7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.9
php7.0-xmlrpc –  7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.9
14.04 trusty libapache2-mod-php5 –  5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm8
php5-cgi –  5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm8
php5-cli –  5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm8
php5-fpm –  5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm8
php5-xmlrpc –  5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm8
12.04 precise libapache2-mod-php5 –  5.3.10-1ubuntu3.42
php5-cgi –  5.3.10-1ubuntu3.42
php5-cli –  5.3.10-1ubuntu3.42
php5-fpm –  5.3.10-1ubuntu3.42
php5-xmlrpc –  5.3.10-1ubuntu3.42

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