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Debian LTS Advisory ([SECURITY] [DLA 1928-1] 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
The remote host is missing an update for the 'php5' package(s) announced via the DSA-1928-1 advisory.
Insight
Insight
An update has been made to php5, a server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language. Specficially, as reported in #805222, the ability to build extensions in certain older versions of PHP within Debian has been hindered by an upstream change which first appeared in PHP 5.6.15. This update applies a fix which restores the ability to build PHP extensions for Debian 8 'jessie' so that a forthcoming PECL extension update can be built and released.
Affected Software
Affected Software
'php5' package(s) on Debian Linux.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
For Debian 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version 5.6.40+dfsg-0+deb8u6. We recommend that you upgrade your php5 packages.