USN-6199-2: PHP vulnerability

Publication date

23 October 2023

Overview

PHP could be made to expose sensitive information.


Packages

  • php7.0 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter
  • php7.2 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

Details

USN-6199-1 fixed a vulnerability in PHP. This update provides the
corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain Digest
authentication for SOAP. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to expose sensitive information.

USN-6199-1 fixed a vulnerability in PHP. This update provides the
corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain Digest
authentication for SOAP. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to expose sensitive information.

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
18.04 bionic libapache2-mod-php7.2 –  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm1  
php7.2 –  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm1  
php7.2-cgi –  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm1  
php7.2-cli –  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm1  
php7.2-soap –  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm1  
16.04 xenial libapache2-mod-php7.0 –  7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm7  
php7.0 –  7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm7  
php7.0-cgi –  7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm7  
php7.0-cli –  7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm7  
php7.0-soap –  7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm7  

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