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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3126-1 (php5 - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Debian Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
9 years ago
Modified
Modified
2 years ago
Summary
It was discovered that libmagic as used by PHP, would trigger an out of bounds memory access when trying to identify a crafted file. Additionally, this updates fixes a potential dependency loop in dpkg trigger handling.
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 5.4.36-0+deb7u3. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your php5 packages.