Package : php4 Vulnerability : several Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2007-0906 CVE-2007-0907 CVE-2006-0908 CVE-2007-0909 CVE-2007-0910 CVE-2007-0988
Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in PHP, a server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
CVE-2007-0906
It was discovered that an integer overflow in the str_replace() function could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
CVE-2007-0907
It was discovered that a buffer underflow in the sapi_header_op() function could crash the PHP interpreter.
CVE-2007-0908
Stefan Esser discovered that a programming error in the wddx extension allows information disclosure.
CVE-2007-0909
It was discovered that a format string vulnerability in the odbc_result_all() functions allows the execution of arbitrary code.
CVE-2007-0910
It was discovered that super-global variables could be overwritten with session data.
CVE-2007-0988
Stefan Esser discovered that the zend_hash_init() function could be tricked into an endless loop, allowing denial of service through resource consumption until a timeout is triggered.
For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 4:4.3.10-19.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 6:4.4.4-9 of php4 and version 5.2.0-9 of php5.
We recommend that you upgrade your php4 packages.
Upgrade Instructions - --------------------
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 3.1 alias sarge - --------------------------------