Security update for PHP4

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(Last modified: 04SEP2006)

solutions Security update for PHP4 SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (1a2f0555d36498842c2e883d8fb6e27e)

Applies to

Package: php4
apache-mod_php4
apache2-mod_php4
mod_php4-core
mod_php4-servlet
php4-imap
php4-mysql
php4-servlet
php4-session
php4-fastcgi
php4-devel
php4-sysvshm
php4-exif
php4-pear
php4-recode
php4-mbstring
php4-gd
php4-wddx
php4-curl
php4-pgsql
Product(s): SUSE CORE 9 for x86
SUSE CORE 9 for IBM POWER
SUSE CORE 9 for IBM S/390 31bit
SUSE CORE 9 for IBM zSeries 64bit
SUSE CORE 9 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T
Novell Linux POS 9
Open Enterprise Server
Patch: patch-11201
Release: 20060904
Obsoletes: 7f36b0314c2e0cdee069a52ce4289795
eeaf995d80f550961f0fa0dd0465e21f
37379250bd51505211e0deac0ac10467
b5002af82ab84dcd046d50ac0c81569f
cc14ff30cea8ef2a4bca1724427c70e5
ee8460dd87ca30f8864ad2c388d24504
bb15f54cd03e743f9f9dd09ccc912493
8e92be327165b504dec328c05ca4220b
981ef108b964d6518c58b160d56e9bcc
37e18301fb1ddfcd61d14ea84ce75441
10622a3ab7ed7045185b273ec250fa88
8efb4f3beb727c620f322c16f27cb516
bf2235a6cc07798093c542934e793c96
02d299d80da3813387b12f34a837aa51
154731d4e512c74bcb44fc5c8c40119b

Indications

Everyone using PHP4 should install this update.

Contraindications

None.

Description

Various security issues in PHP4 have been found and fixed:

The CURL module lacked checks for control characters (CVE-2006-2563.))
str_repeat() contained an integer overflow.
ext/wddx contained a buffer overflow.
memory_limit() lacked checks for integer overflows
A bug in sscanf() could potentially be exploited to execute arbitrary code (CVE-2006-4020).
Corrupt GIF images could crash PHP.

Solution

Please install the updates provided at the location noted below.

Installation notes

This update is provided as RPM package that can easily be installed onto a running system by using this command:

rpm -Fvh php4.rpm apache-mod_php4.rpm apache2-mod_php4.rpm mod_php4-core.rpm mod_php4-servlet.rpm php4-imap.rpm php4-mysql.rpm php4-servlet.rpm php4-session.rpm php4-fastcgi.rpm php4-devel.rpm php4-sysvshm.rpm php4-exif.rpm php4-pear.rpm php4-recode.rpm php4-mbstring.rpm php4-gd.rpm php4-wddx.rpm php4-curl.rpm php4-pgsql.rpm

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