- Issued:
- 2007-02-21
- Updated:
- 2007-02-21
RHSA-2007:0081 - Security Advisory
Synopsis
Important: php security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Important
Topic
Updated PHP packages that fix several security issues are now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1.
This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.
Description
PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language commonly used with the Apache
HTTP Web server.
A number of buffer overflow flaws were found in the PHP session extension;
the str_replace() function; and the imap_mail_compose() function. If very
long strings were passed to the str_replace() function, an integer
overflow could occur in memory allocation. If a script used the
imap_mail_compose() function to create a new MIME message based on an
input body from an untrusted source, it could result in a heap overflow.
An attacker with access to a PHP application affected by any these issues
could trigger the flaws and possibly execute arbitrary code as the
'apache' user. (CVE-2007-0906)
When unserializing untrusted data on 64-bit platforms, the
zend_hash_init() function could be forced into an infinite loop, consuming
CPU resources for a limited time, until the script timeout alarm aborted
execution of the script. (CVE-2007-0988)
If the wddx extension was used to import WDDX data from an untrusted
source, certain WDDX input packets could expose a random portion of heap
memory. (CVE-2007-0908)
If the odbc_result_all() function was used to display data from a database,
and the database table contents were under an attacker's control, a format
string vulnerability was possible which could allow arbitrary code
execution. (CVE-2007-0909)
A one byte memory read always occurs before the beginning of a buffer. This
could be triggered, for example, by any use of the header() function in a
script. However it is unlikely that this would have any effect.
(CVE-2007-0907)
Several flaws in PHP could allow attackers to "clobber" certain
super-global variables via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2007-0910)
Users of PHP should upgrade to these updated packages which contain
backported patches to correct these issues.
Red Hat would like to thank Stefan Esser for his help diagnosing these issues.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:
up2date
This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 2 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 2 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 2 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 2 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 229332 - CVE-2007-0906 PHP security issues (CVE-2007-0907, CVE-2007-0908, CVE-2007-0909, CVE-2007-0910, CVE-2007-0988)
CVEs
References
(none)
The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.