Package : php3 Vulnerability : missing input sanitising Problem-Type : local (remote) Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2005-0525 Debian Bug : 302701
An iDEFENSE researcher discovered two problems in the image processing functions of PHP, a server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language, of which one is present in PHP3 as well. When reading a JPEG image, PHP can be tricked into an endless loop due to insufficient input validation.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.18-23.1woody3.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.18-31.
We recommend that you upgrade your php3 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 3.0 alias woody --------------------------------