USN-824-1: PHP vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 9.04
• Ubuntu 8.10
• Ubuntu 8.04
• Ubuntu 6.06

Packages

• php5 -

Details

It was discovered that PHP did not properly handle certain malformed
JPEG images when being parsed by the Exif module. A remote attacker could
exploit this flaw and cause the PHP server to crash, resulting in a denial
of service.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 9.04

• php5-cli - 5.2.6.dfsg.1-3ubuntu4.2
• php5-cgi - 5.2.6.dfsg.1-3ubuntu4.2

Ubuntu 8.10

• php5-cli - 5.2.6-2ubuntu4.3
• php5-cgi - 5.2.6-2ubuntu4.3

Ubuntu 8.04

• php5-cli - 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.7
• php5-cgi - 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.7

Ubuntu 6.06

• php5-cli - 5.1.2-1ubuntu3.15
• php5-cgi - 5.1.2-1ubuntu3.15

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2009-2687