Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1042-2
12th January, 2011
php5 regression
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 10.10
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 9.10
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Software description
- php5
Details
USN-1042-1 fixed vulnerabilities in PHP5. The fix for CVE-2010-3436
introduced a regression in the open_basedir restriction handling code.
This update fixes the problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that attackers might be able to bypass open_basedir()
restrictions by passing a specially crafted filename. (CVE-2010-3436)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 10.10:
- php5-cli 5.3.3-1ubuntu9.3
- php5-cgi 5.3.3-1ubuntu9.3
- libapache2-mod-php5 5.3.3-1ubuntu9.3
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
- php5-cli 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.7
- php5-cgi 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.7
- libapache2-mod-php5 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.7
- Ubuntu 9.10:
- php5-cli 5.2.10.dfsg.1-2ubuntu6.7
- php5-cgi 5.2.10.dfsg.1-2ubuntu6.7
- libapache2-mod-php5 5.2.10.dfsg.1-2ubuntu6.7
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
- php5-cli 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.14
- php5-cgi 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.14
- libapache2-mod-php5 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.14
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
- php5-cli 5.1.2-1ubuntu3.21
- php5-cgi 5.1.2-1ubuntu3.21
- libapache2-mod-php5 5.1.2-1ubuntu3.21
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.