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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2742-1 (php5 - interpretation conflict)
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, did not properly process embedded NUL characters in the subjectAltName extension of X.509 certificates. Depending on the application and with insufficient CA-level checks, this could be abused for impersonating other users.
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 oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 5.3.3-7+squeeze17. For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 5.4.4-14+deb7u4. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 5.5.3+dfsg-1. We recommend that you upgrade your php5 packages.