[ GLSA 200407-13 ] PHP: Multiple security vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200407-13
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Severity: High
Title: PHP: Multiple security vulnerabilities
Date: July 15, 2004
Bugs: #56985
ID: 200407-13

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Synopsis
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Multiple security vulnerabilities, potentially allowing remote code
execution, were found and fixed in PHP.

Background
==========

PHP is a general-purpose scripting language widely used to develop
web-based applications. It can run inside a web server using the
mod_php module or the CGI version of PHP, or can run stand-alone in a
CLI.

Affected packages
=================

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-php/php <= 4.3.7-r1 >= 4.3.8
2 dev-php/mod_php <= 4.3.7-r1 >= 4.3.8
3 dev-php/php-cgi <= 4.3.7-r1 >= 4.3.8
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3 affected packages on all of their supported architectures.
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Description
===========

Several security vulnerabilities were found and fixed in version 4.3.8
of PHP. The strip_tags() function, used to sanitize user input, could
in certain cases allow tags containing \0 characters (CAN-2004-0595).
When memory_limit is used, PHP might unsafely interrupt other functions
(CAN-2004-0594). The ftok and itpc functions were missing safe_mode
checks. It was possible to bypass open_basedir restrictions using
MySQL's LOAD DATA LOCAL function. Furthermore, the IMAP extension was
incorrectly allocating memory and alloca() calls were replaced with
emalloc() for better stack protection.

Impact
======

Successfully exploited, the memory_limit problem could allow remote
excution of arbitrary code. By exploiting the strip_tags vulnerability,
it is possible to pass HTML code that would be considered as valid tags
by the Microsoft Internet Explorer and Safari browsers. Using ftok,
itpc or MySQL's LOAD DATA LOCAL, it is possible to bypass PHP
configuration restrictions.

Workaround
==========

There is no known workaround that would solve all these problems. All
users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest available versions.

Resolution
==========

All PHP, mod_php and php-cgi users should upgrade to the latest stable
version:

# emerge sync

# emerge -pv ">=dev-php/php-4.3.8"
# emerge ">=dev-php/php-4.3.8"

# emerge -pv ">=dev-php/mod_php-4.3.8"
# emerge ">=dev-php/mod_php-4.3.8"

# emerge -pv ">=dev-php/php-cgi-4.3.8"
# emerge ">=dev-php/php-cgi-4.3.8"

References
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[ 1 ] CAN-2004-0594
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cg ... -2004-0594
[ 2 ] CAN-2004-0595
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cg ... -2004-0595
[ 3 ] E-Matters Advisory 11/2004
http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/112004.html
[ 4 ] E-Matters Advisory 12/2004
http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/122004.html

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200407-13.xml

Concerns?
=========

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2004 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0