Synopsis
Critical: php security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Critical
Topic
Updated php packages that fix one security issue are now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5 and 6.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical
security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in
the References section.
Description
PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language commonly used with the Apache
HTTP Server.
It was discovered that the fix for CVE-2011-4885 (released via
RHSA-2012:0071, RHSA-2012:0033, and RHSA-2012:0019 for php packages in Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and 6 respectively) introduced an uninitialized
memory use flaw. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted HTTP
request to cause the PHP interpreter to crash or, possibly, execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2012-0830)
All php users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a
backported patch to resolve this issue. After installing the updated
packages, the httpd daemon must be restarted for the update to take effect.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259
Affected Products
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 6.2 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 6.2 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.2 s390x
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.2 ppc64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.2 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.2 i386
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Red Hat Storage 2.0 x86_64
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Red Hat Gluster Storage Server for On-premise 2.0 x86_64
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Red Hat Storage for Public Cloud (via RHUI) 2.0 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.2 x86_64
Fixes
- BZ - 786686 - CVE-2012-0830 php: remote code exec flaw introduced in the CVE-2011-4885 hashdos fix
CVEs
References
Vulmon