Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20070889
Revision Date:2007-09-26Version:635
Title:RHSA-2007:0889: php security update (Moderate)
Description:PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language commonly used with the Apache HTTP Web server.

These updated packages address the following vulnerabilities:

  • Various integer overflow flaws were found in the PHP gd extension script that could be forced to resize images from an untrusted source, possibly allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code as the apache user. (CVE-2007-3996)

  • An integer overflow flaw was found in the PHP chunk_split function. If a remote attacker was able to pass arbitrary data to the third argument of chunk_split they could possibly execute arbitrary code as the apache user. Note that it is unusual for a PHP script to use the chunk_split function with a user-supplied third argument. (CVE-2007-2872)

  • A previous security update introduced a bug into PHP session cookie handling. This could allow an attacker to stop a victim from viewing a vulnerable web site if the victim has first visited a malicious web page under the control of the attacker, and that page can set a cookie for the vulnerable web site. (CVE-2007-4670)

  • A flaw was found in the PHP money_format function. If a remote attacker was able to pass arbitrary data to the money_format function this could possibly result in an information leak or denial of service. Note that it is unusual for a PHP script to pass user-supplied data to the money_format function. (CVE-2007-4658)

  • A flaw was found in the PHP wordwrap function. If a remote attacker was able to pass arbitrary data to the wordwrap function this could possibly result in a denial of service. (CVE-2007-3998)

  • A bug was found in PHP session cookie handling. This could allow an attacker to create a cross-site cookie insertion attack if a victim follows an untrusted carefully-crafted URL. (CVE-2007-3799)

  • An infinite-loop flaw was discovered in the PHP gd extension. A script that could be forced to process PNG images from an untrusted source could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-2756)

  • A flaw was found in the PHP "ftp" extension. If a PHP script used this extension to provide access to a private FTP server, and passed untrusted script input directly to any function provided by this extension, a remote attacker would be able to send arbitrary FTP commands to the server. (CVE-2007-2509)

    Users of PHP should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2007-2509
    CVE-2007-2756
    CVE-2007-2872
    CVE-2007-3799
    CVE-2007-3996
    CVE-2007-3998
    CVE-2007-4658
    CVE-2007-4670
    RHSA-2007:0889
    RHSA-2007:0889-01
    RHSA-2007:0889-01
    Platform(s):Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
    Product(s):
    Definition Synopsis
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 is installed
  • AND
  • php-odbc is earlier than 0:4.3.2-43.ent
  • AND php-odbc is signed with Red Hat master key
  • php-ldap is earlier than 0:4.3.2-43.ent
  • AND php-ldap is signed with Red Hat master key
  • php-imap is earlier than 0:4.3.2-43.ent
  • AND php-imap is signed with Red Hat master key
  • php-mysql is earlier than 0:4.3.2-43.ent
  • AND php-mysql is signed with Red Hat master key
  • php is earlier than 0:4.3.2-43.ent
  • AND php is signed with Red Hat master key
  • php-pgsql is earlier than 0:4.3.2-43.ent
  • AND php-pgsql is signed with Red Hat master key
  • php-devel is earlier than 0:4.3.2-43.ent
  • AND php-devel is signed with Red Hat master key
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