Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20120547
Revision Date:2012-05-07Version:635
Title:RHSA-2012:0547: php53 security update (Critical)
Description:PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language commonly used with the Apache HTTP Server.

A flaw was found in the way the php-cgi executable processed command line arguments when running in CGI mode. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted request to a PHP script that would result in the query string being parsed by php-cgi as command line options and arguments. This could lead to the disclosure of the script's source code or arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the PHP interpreter. (CVE-2012-1823)

Red Hat is aware that a public exploit for this issue is available that allows remote code execution in affected PHP CGI configurations. This flaw does not affect the default configuration using the PHP module for Apache httpd to handle PHP scripts.

All php53 users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue. After installing the updated packages, the httpd daemon must be restarted for the update to take effect.
Family:unixClass:patch
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2012-1823
RHSA-2012:0547
RHSA-2012:0547-00
RHSA-2012:0547-01
RHSA-2012:0547-01
Platform(s):Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is installed
  • AND
  • php53 is earlier than 0:5.3.3-7.el5_8
  • AND php53 is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • php53-bcmath is earlier than 0:5.3.3-7.el5_8
  • AND php53-bcmath is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • php53-cli is earlier than 0:5.3.3-7.el5_8
  • AND php53-cli is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • php53-common is earlier than 0:5.3.3-7.el5_8
  • AND php53-common is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • php53-dba is earlier than 0:5.3.3-7.el5_8
  • AND php53-dba is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • php53-devel is earlier than 0:5.3.3-7.el5_8
  • AND php53-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • php53-gd is earlier than 0:5.3.3-7.el5_8
  • AND php53-gd is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • php53-imap is earlier than 0:5.3.3-7.el5_8
  • AND php53-imap is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • php53-intl is earlier than 0:5.3.3-7.el5_8
  • AND php53-intl is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • php53-ldap is earlier than 0:5.3.3-7.el5_8
  • AND php53-ldap is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • php53-mbstring is earlier than 0:5.3.3-7.el5_8
  • AND php53-mbstring is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • php53-mysql is earlier than 0:5.3.3-7.el5_8
  • AND php53-mysql is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • php53-odbc is earlier than 0:5.3.3-7.el5_8
  • AND php53-odbc is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • php53-pdo is earlier than 0:5.3.3-7.el5_8
  • AND php53-pdo is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • php53-pgsql is earlier than 0:5.3.3-7.el5_8
  • AND php53-pgsql is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • php53-process is earlier than 0:5.3.3-7.el5_8
  • AND php53-process is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • php53-pspell is earlier than 0:5.3.3-7.el5_8
  • AND php53-pspell is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • php53-snmp is earlier than 0:5.3.3-7.el5_8
  • AND php53-snmp is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • php53-soap is earlier than 0:5.3.3-7.el5_8
  • AND php53-soap is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • php53-xml is earlier than 0:5.3.3-7.el5_8
  • AND php53-xml is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • php53-xmlrpc is earlier than 0:5.3.3-7.el5_8
  • AND php53-xmlrpc is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • BACK