USN-2572-1

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USN-2572-1

Summary: php5 vulnerabilities

Details: It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled cleanup when used with Apache 2.4. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-3330) It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled opening tar, zip or phar archives through the PHAR extension. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-3329) It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled regular expressions. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-2305) Paulos Yibelo discovered that PHP incorrectly handled moving files when a pathname contained a null character. A remote attacker could use this issue to possibly bypass filename restrictions. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.10. (CVE-2015-2348) It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled unserializing PHAR files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to possibly expose sensitive information. (CVE-2015-2783) Taoguang Chen discovered that PHP incorrectly handled unserializing certain objects. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-2787)

References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2572-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2305, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2348, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2783, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2787, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3329, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3330