Security update for PHP4

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(Last modified: 09MAY2007)

solutions Security update for PHP4 SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (c3551a01d5cfd4b788ec2ae2833cf2e3)

Applies to

Package: apache-mod_php4
apache2-mod_php4
mod_php4
mod_php4-apache2
mod_php4-core
mod_php4-servlet
php4
php4-bcmath
php4-bz2
php4-calendar
php4-ctype
php4-curl
php4-dba
php4-dbase
php4-devel
php4-domxml
php4-exif
php4-fastcgi
php4-filepro
php4-ftp
php4-gd
php4-gettext
php4-gmp
php4-iconv
php4-imap
php4-ldap
php4-mbstring
php4-mcal
php4-mcrypt
php4-mhash
php4-mime_magic
php4-mysql
php4-pear
php4-pgsql
php4-qtdom
php4-readline
php4-recode
php4-servlet
php4-session
php4-shmop
php4-snmp
php4-sockets
php4-swf
php4-sysvsem
php4-sysvshm
php4-unixODBC
php4-wddx
php4-xslt
php4-yp
php4-zlib
Product(s): SUSE CORE 9 for x86
SUSE CORE 9 for Itanium Processor Family
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-11514
Release: 20070509
Obsoletes: none

Indications

Everyone should update.

Contraindications

None.

Problem description

This update fixes numerous vulnerabilities in PHP. Most of them were made public during the "Month of PHP Bugs". The vulnerabilities potentially lead to crashes, information leaks or even execution of malicious code.
CVE-2007-1383, CVE-2007-1380, CVE-2007-0988, CVE-2007-1375 CVE-2007-1521, CVE-2007-1376, CVE-2007-1583, CVE-2007-1461 CVE-2007-1484, CVE-2007-1700, CVE-2007-1717, CVE-2007-1718 CVE-2007-1001

Solution

Please install the updates provided at the location noted below.

Installation notes

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


rpm -Fvh apache-mod_php4.rpm apache2-mod_php4.rpm mod_php4.rpm mod_php4-apache2.rpm mod_php4-core.rpm mod_php4-servlet.rpm php4.rpm php4-bcmath.rpm php4-bz2.rpm php4-calendar.rpm php4-ctype.rpm php4-curl.rpm php4-dba.rpm php4-dbase.rpm php4-devel.rpm php4-domxml.rpm php4-exif.rpm php4-fastcgi.rpm php4-filepro.rpm php4-ftp.rpm php4-gd.rpm php4-gettext.rpm php4-gmp.rpm php4-iconv.rpm php4-imap.rpm php4-ldap.rpm php4-mbstring.rpm php4-mcal.rpm php4-mcrypt.rpm php4-mhash.rpm php4-mime_magic.rpm php4-mysql.rpm php4-pear.rpm php4-pgsql.rpm php4-qtdom.rpm php4-readline.rpm php4-recode.rpm php4-servlet.rpm php4-session.rpm php4-shmop.rpm php4-snmp.rpm php4-sockets.rpm php4-swf.rpm php4-sysvsem.rpm php4-sysvshm.rpm php4-unixODBC.rpm php4-wddx.rpm php4-xslt.rpm php4-yp.rpm php4-zlib.rpm

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