Security update for PHP4

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(Last modified: 04SEP2006)

solutions Security update for PHP4 SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (47a19c67fad7fcec4d91c5a44208bcc5)

Applies to

Package: php4
apache-mod_php4
apache2-mod_php4
mod_php4-core
php4-imap
php4-mysql
php4-session
php4-fastcgi
php4-devel
php4-sysvshm
php4-exif
php4-pear
php4-recode
php4-mbstring
php4-gd
php4-wddx
php4-curl
php4-pgsql
php4-servlet
Product(s): SUSE CORE 9 for Itanium Processor Family
Patch: patch-11202
Release: 20060904
Obsoletes: 96d092ab1925ede50674a8e6febbc9ef
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cb26dfd5c2e6259554ea496104a27638
eb6734193188e5e67d6f06e03c942de2
cc880d8594257d1c37f5c5e40549ab75
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2e855be5ae7903ca40477ba01d9c9d02
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8024627035edd1ff4446dc3a7d3f24d3
7fc9fde927d1b85e15a73d30fa51731f
872c84fe4ddb36cc6c947d71d9705360

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 php4-imap.rpm php4-mysql.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 php4-servlet.rpm

links to download packages

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for Itanium Processor Family (ia64)

Download Source Packages

Download the source code of the patches for maintained products.

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