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 - --------------------
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 - -------------------------------