Package : php5
Vulnerability : several
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id(s) : CVE-2008-3658 CVE-2008-3659 CVE-2008-3660
Debian Bug : 499987 499988 499989
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in PHP, a server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language. The Common Vulnerabilities and
Exposures project identifies the following problems:
CVE-2008-3658
Buffer overflow in the imageloadfont function allows a denial
of service or code execution through a crafted font file.
CVE-2008-3659
Buffer overflow in the memnstr function allows a denial of
service or code execution via a crafted delimiter parameter
to the explode function.
CVE-2008-3660
Denial of service is possible in the FastCGI module by a
remote attacker by making a request with multiple dots
before the extension.
For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in
version 5.2.0-8+etch13.
For the testing (lenny) and unstable distribution (sid), these problems
have been fixed in version 5.2.6-4.
We recommend that you upgrade your php5 package.
Upgrade instructions
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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:
apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch
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