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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200610-14 |
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Severity: High |
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Title: PHP: Integer overflow |
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Date: October 30, 2006 |
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Bugs: #150261 |
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ID: 200610-14 |
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Synopsis |
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PHP is vulnerable to an integer overflow potentially allowing the |
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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 < 5.1.6-r6 *>= 4.4.4-r6 |
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>= 5.1.6-r6 |
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Description |
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A flaw in the PHP memory handling routines allows an unserialize() call |
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to be executed on non-allocated memory due to a previous integer |
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overflow. |
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Impact |
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An attacker could execute arbitrary code with the rights of the web |
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server user or the user running a vulnerable PHP script. |
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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.x users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/php-5.1.6-r6" |
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All PHP 4.x users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/php-4.4.4-r6" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2006-4812 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4812 |
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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-200610-14.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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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2006 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 |