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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2961-1 (php5 - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
It was discovered that PHP, a general-purpose scripting language commonly used for web application development, is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow in the DNS TXT record parsing. A malicious server or man-in-the-middle attacker could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary code as the PHP interpreter if a PHP application uses dns_get_record() to perform a DNS query.
Affected Software
Affected Software
php5 on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 5.4.4-14+deb7u11. For the testing distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 5.6.0~beta4+dfsg-3. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 5.6.0~beta4+dfsg-3. We recommend that you upgrade your php5 packages.