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  2. USN-5717-1

USN-5717-1: PHP vulnerabilities

Publication date

8 November 2022

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in PHP.

Releases

Packages

  • php7.2 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter
  • php7.4 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter
  • php8.1 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

Details

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain gzip files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2022-31628)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain cookies.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to compromise the data
(CVE-2022-31629)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain image fonts.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.10, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
(CVE-2022-31630)

Nicky Mouha discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain SHA-3 operations.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash
or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 22.10, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain gzip files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2022-31628)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain cookies.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to compromise the data
(CVE-2022-31629)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain image fonts.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.10, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
(CVE-2022-31630)

Nicky Mouha discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain SHA-3 operations.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash
or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 22.10, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-37454)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
22.10 kinetic php8.1-cli –  8.1.7-1ubuntu3.1
php8.1 –  8.1.7-1ubuntu3.1
libapache2-mod-php7.4 –  8.1.7-1ubuntu3.1
libapache2-mod-php8.0 –  8.1.7-1ubuntu3.1
libapache2-mod-php8.1 –  8.1.7-1ubuntu3.1
php8.1-zip –  8.1.7-1ubuntu3.1
php8.1-cgi –  8.1.7-1ubuntu3.1
22.04 jammy php8.1-cli –  8.1.2-1ubuntu2.8
php8.1 –  8.1.2-1ubuntu2.8
libapache2-mod-php7.4 –  8.1.2-1ubuntu2.8
libapache2-mod-php8.0 –  8.1.2-1ubuntu2.8
libapache2-mod-php8.1 –  8.1.2-1ubuntu2.8
php8.1-zip –  8.1.2-1ubuntu2.8
php8.1-cgi –  8.1.2-1ubuntu2.8
20.04 focal libapache2-mod-php7.4 –  7.4.3-4ubuntu2.15
php7.4-zip –  7.4.3-4ubuntu2.15
php7.4-cgi –  7.4.3-4ubuntu2.15
php7.4 –  7.4.3-4ubuntu2.15
php7.4-cli –  7.4.3-4ubuntu2.15
18.04 bionic php7.2-cli –  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.15
php7.2 –  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.15
libapache2-mod-php7.2 –  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.15
php7.2-cgi –  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.15
php7.2-zip –  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.15

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