USN-4375-1: PHP vulnerability

Publication date

27 May 2020

Overview

PHP could be made to crash if it received a specially crafted file.


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)
  • php7.4 - 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.

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

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:


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