DSA-2602-1 zendframework -- XML external entity inclusion

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-2602-1 zendframework -- XML external entity inclusion

Date Reported:

08 Jan 2013

Affected Packages:

zendframework

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 696483.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2012-5657.

More information:

Yury Dyachenko discovered that Zend Framework uses the PHP XML parser in an insecure way, allowing attackers to open files and trigger HTTP requests, potentially accessing restricted information.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.10.6-1squeeze2.

For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1.11.13-1.1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.11.13-1.1.

We recommend that you upgrade your zendframework packages.