CVE-2012-1823
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Statement
This flaw did not affect the versions of PHP in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 or 4. Updates were released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 (RHSA-2012:0546, RHSA-2012:0547), Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 Long Life (RHSA-2012:0568), Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6, 6.0, and 6.1 Extended Update Support (RHSA-2012:0568, RHSA-2012:0569), and Red Hat Application Stack v2 (RHSA-2012:0570).
This flaw only affected PHP CGI configurations and it did not affect the default configuration in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 using the PHP module for Apache httpd to handle PHP scripts.
Note that this issue was not fixed completely the first time, which resulted in the assignment of additional related CVE identifiers - CVE-2012-2311, CVE-2012-2335, and CVE-2012-2336. Refer to the Red Hat CVE Database and the Red Hat Bugzilla for additional information on how those CVEs affect Red Hat products.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 6.8 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Application Stack v2 for Enterprise Linux (v.5) (php) | RHSA-2012:0570 | 2012-05-11 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (php) | RHSA-2012:0546 | 2012-05-07 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (php53) | RHSA-2012:0547 | 2012-05-07 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (php) | RHSA-2012:0546 | 2012-05-07 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.1) (php) | RHSA-2012:0568 | 2012-05-10 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Long Life (v. 5.3 server) (php) | RHSA-2012:0568 | 2012-05-10 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.0) (php) | RHSA-2012:0568 | 2012-05-10 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.6 server) (php) | RHSA-2012:0568 | 2012-05-10 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.6 server) (php53) | RHSA-2012:0569 | 2012-05-10 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | php | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | php | Not affected |
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