Security update for PHP5

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(Last modified: 12DEC2007)

solutions Security update for PHP5 SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (c7f522e63d98a69b1dcbd04846e66ae7)

Applies to

Package: apache2-mod_php5
php5
php5-bcmath
php5-bz2
php5-calendar
php5-ctype
php5-curl
php5-dba
php5-dbase
php5-devel
php5-dom
php5-exif
php5-fastcgi
php5-filepro
php5-ftp
php5-gd
php5-gettext
php5-gmp
php5-iconv
php5-imap
php5-ldap
php5-mbstring
php5-mcrypt
php5-mhash
php5-mysql
php5-mysqli
php5-ncurses
php5-odbc
php5-openssl
php5-pcntl
php5-pdo
php5-pdo_mysql
php5-pdo_pgsql
php5-pdo_sqlite
php5-pear
php5-pgsql
php5-posix
php5-pspell
php5-shmop
php5-snmp
php5-soap
php5-sockets
php5-sqlite
php5-suhosin
php5-sysvmsg
php5-sysvsem
php5-sysvshm
php5-tidy
php5-tokenizer
php5-wddx
php5-xmlreader
php5-xmlrpc
php5-xmlwriter
php5-xsl
php5-zlib
Product(s): SLE SDK 10 SP1 for x86
SLE SDK 10 SP1 for IPF
SLE SDK 10 SP1 for IBM iSeries and IBM pSeries
SLE SDK 10 SP1 for IBM zSeries
SLE SDK 10 SP1 for X86-64
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 for x86
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 for IPF
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 for IBM POWER
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 for IBM zSeries 64bit
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T
Zypp-Patch-Number: 4808
Release: 20071212
Obsoletes: none

Indications

Everyone using PHP5 should install this update.

Contraindications

None.

Problem description

This update fixes multiple bugs in PHP5:

Use system PCRE library to fix several PCRE vulnerabilities. (CVE-2007-1659, CVE-2006-7230, CVE-2007-1660, CVE-2006-7227, CVE-2005-4872, CVE-2006-7228)
Flaws in processing multi byte sequences in htmlentities/htmlspecialchars. (CVE-2007-5898)
Overly long arguments to the dl() function could crash PHP. (CVE-2007-4825)
Overy long arguments to the glob() function could crash PHP. (CVE-2007-4782)
Overly long arguments to some iconv functions could crash PHP. (CVE-2007-4840)
Overy long arguments to the setlocale() function could crash PHP. (CVE-2007-4784)
The wordwrap() function could cause a floating point exception. (CVE-2007-3998)
Overy long arguments to the fnmatch() function could crash PHP. (CVE-2007-4782)
Incorrect size calculation in the chunk_split() function could lead to a buffer overflow. (CVE-2007-4661)
Flaws in the GD extension could lead to integer overflows. (CVE-2007-3996)
The money_format() function contained format string flaws. (CVE-2007-4658)
Data for some time zones has been updated.

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 apache2-mod_php5.rpm php5.rpm php5-bcmath.rpm php5-bz2.rpm php5-calendar.rpm php5-ctype.rpm php5-curl.rpm php5-dba.rpm php5-dbase.rpm php5-devel.rpm php5-dom.rpm php5-exif.rpm php5-fastcgi.rpm php5-filepro.rpm php5-ftp.rpm php5-gd.rpm php5-gettext.rpm php5-gmp.rpm php5-iconv.rpm php5-imap.rpm php5-ldap.rpm php5-mbstring.rpm php5-mcrypt.rpm php5-mhash.rpm php5-mysql.rpm php5-mysqli.rpm php5-ncurses.rpm php5-odbc.rpm php5-openssl.rpm php5-pcntl.rpm php5-pdo.rpm php5-pdo_mysql.rpm php5-pdo_pgsql.rpm php5-pdo_sqlite.rpm php5-pear.rpm php5-pgsql.rpm php5-posix.rpm php5-pspell.rpm php5-shmop.rpm php5-snmp.rpm php5-soap.rpm php5-sockets.rpm php5-sqlite.rpm php5-suhosin.rpm php5-sysvmsg.rpm php5-sysvsem.rpm php5-sysvshm.rpm php5-tidy.rpm php5-tokenizer.rpm php5-wddx.rpm php5-xmlreader.rpm php5-xmlrpc.rpm php5-xmlwriter.rpm php5-xsl.rpm php5-zlib.rpm

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