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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201411-04 |
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http://security.gentoo.org/ |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Date: November 09, 2014 |
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Bugs: #525960 |
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ID: 201411-04 |
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Synopsis |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PHP, the worst of |
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which could lead to remote execution of arbitrary code. |
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Background |
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PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is |
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especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 dev-lang/php < 5.5.18 >= 5.5.18 |
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*>= 5.4.34 |
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*>= 5.3.29 |
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Description |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PHP. Please review the |
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CVE identifiers referenced below for details. |
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Impact |
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A context-dependent attacker can possibly execute arbitrary code or |
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create a Denial of Service condition. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All PHP 5.5 users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/php-5.5.18" |
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All PHP 5.4 users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/php-5.4.34" |
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All PHP 5.3 users should upgrade to the latest version. This release |
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marks the end of life of the PHP 5.3 series. Future releases of this |
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series are not planned. All PHP 5.3 users are encouraged to upgrade to |
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the current stable version of PHP 5.5 or previous stable version of PHP |
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5.4, which are supported till at least 2016 and 2015 respectively. |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/php-5.3.29" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-3668 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3668 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2014-3669 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3669 |
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[ 3 ] CVE-2014-3670 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3670 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201411-04.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |
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