USN-2254-1

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USN-2254-1

Summary: php5 vulnerabilities

Details: Christian Hoffmann discovered that the PHP FastCGI Process Manager (FPM) set incorrect permissions on the UNIX socket. A local attacker could use this issue to possibly elevate their privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 13.10, and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-0185) Francisco Alonso discovered that the PHP Fileinfo component incorrectly handled certain CDF documents. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to hang or crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-0237, CVE-2014-0238) Stefan Esser discovered that PHP incorrectly handled DNS TXT records. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-4049)

References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2254-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0185, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0237, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0238, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-4049