USN-1042-2: PHP5 regression

Releases

• Ubuntu 10.10
• Ubuntu 10.04
• Ubuntu 9.10
• Ubuntu 8.04
• Ubuntu 6.06

Packages

• php5 -

Details

USN-1042-1 fixed vulnerabilities in PHP5. The fix for CVE-2010-3436
introduced a regression in the open_basedir restriction handling code.
This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that attackers might be able to bypass open_basedir()
restrictions by passing a specially crafted filename. (CVE-2010-3436)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 9.10

• php5-cli - 5.2.10.dfsg.1-2ubuntu6.7
• php5-cgi - 5.2.10.dfsg.1-2ubuntu6.7
• libapache2-mod-php5 - 5.2.10.dfsg.1-2ubuntu6.7

Ubuntu 8.04

• php5-cli - 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.14
• php5-cgi - 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.14
• libapache2-mod-php5 - 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.14

Ubuntu 6.06

• php5-cli - 5.1.2-1ubuntu3.21
• php5-cgi - 5.1.2-1ubuntu3.21
• libapache2-mod-php5 - 5.1.2-1ubuntu3.21

Ubuntu 10.10

• php5-cli - 5.3.3-1ubuntu9.3
• php5-cgi - 5.3.3-1ubuntu9.3
• libapache2-mod-php5 - 5.3.3-1ubuntu9.3

Ubuntu 10.04

• php5-cli - 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.7
• php5-cgi - 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.7
• libapache2-mod-php5 - 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.7

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• https://launchpad.net/bugs/701765