| Description: | PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language commonly used with the ApacheHTTP Server.It was found that PHP did not properly handle file names with a NULLcharacter. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to make a PHPscript access unexpected files and bypass intended file system accessrestrictions. (CVE-2006-7243)A flaw was found in PHP's SSL client's hostname identity check whenhandling certificates that contain hostnames with NULL bytes. If anattacker was able to get a carefully crafted certificate signed by atrusted Certificate Authority, the attacker could use the certificate toconduct man-in-the-middle attacks to spoof SSL servers. (CVE-2013-4248)It was found that the PHP SOAP parser allowed the expansion of external XMLentities during SOAP message parsing. A remote attacker could possibly usethis flaw to read arbitrary files that are accessible to a PHP applicationusing a SOAP extension. (CVE-2013-1643)This update fixes the following bugs:* Previously, when the allow_call_time_pass_reference setting was disabled,a virtual host on the Apache server could terminate with a segmentationfault when attempting to process certain PHP content. This bug has beenfixed and virtual hosts no longer crash when allow_call_time_pass_referenceis off. (BZ#892158, BZ#910466)* Prior to this update, if an error occurred during the operation of thefclose(), file_put_contents(), or copy() function, the function did notreport it. This could have led to data loss. With this update, theaforementioned functions have been modified to properly report any errors.(BZ#947429)* The internal buffer for the SQLSTATE error code can store maximum of 5characters. Previously, when certain calls exceeded this limit, a bufferoverflow occurred. With this update, messages longer than 5 characters areautomatically replaced with the default "HY000" string, thus preventing theoverflow. (BZ#969110)In addition, this update adds the following enhancement:* This update adds the following rpm macros to the php package: %__php,%php_inidir, %php_incldir. (BZ#953814)Users of php are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fixthese bugs and add this enhancement. After installing the updated packages,the httpd daemon must be restarted for the update to take effect. |