Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1283-1 php5 -- several vulnerabilities

Date Reported:
29 Apr 2007
Affected Packages:
php5
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2007-1286, CVE-2007-1375, CVE-2007-1376, CVE-2007-1380, CVE-2007-1453, CVE-2007-1454, CVE-2007-1521, CVE-2007-1583, CVE-2007-1700, CVE-2007-1711, CVE-2007-1718, CVE-2007-1777, CVE-2007-1824, CVE-2007-1887, CVE-2007-1889, CVE-2007-1900.
More information:

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in PHP, a server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

  • CVE-2007-1286

    Stefan Esser discovered an overflow in the object reference handling code of the unserialize() function, which allows the execution of arbitrary code if malformed input is passed from an application.

  • CVE-2007-1375

    Stefan Esser discovered that an integer overflow in the substr_compare() function allows information disclosure of heap memory.

  • CVE-2007-1376

    Stefan Esser discovered that insufficient validation of shared memory functions allows the disclosure of heap memory.

  • CVE-2007-1380

    Stefan Esser discovered that the session handler performs insufficient validation of variable name length values, which allows information disclosure through a heap information leak.

  • CVE-2007-1453

    Stefan Esser discovered that the filtering framework performs insufficient input validation, which allows the execution of arbitrary code through a buffer underflow.

  • CVE-2007-1454

    Stefan Esser discovered that the filtering framework can be bypassed with a special whitespace character.

  • CVE-2007-1521

    Stefan Esser discovered a double free vulnerability in the session_regenerate_id() function, which allows the execution of arbitrary code.

  • CVE-2007-1583

    Stefan Esser discovered that a programming error in the mb_parse_str() function allows the activation of register_globals.

  • CVE-2007-1700

    Stefan Esser discovered that the session extension incorrectly maintains the reference count of session variables, which allows the execution of arbitrary code.

  • CVE-2007-1711

    Stefan Esser discovered a double free vulnerability in the session management code, which allows the execution of arbitrary code.

  • CVE-2007-1718

    Stefan Esser discovered that the mail() function performs insufficient validation of folded mail headers, which allows mail header injection.

  • CVE-2007-1777

    Stefan Esser discovered that the extension to handle ZIP archives performs insufficient length checks, which allows the execution of arbitrary code.

  • CVE-2007-1824

    Stefan Esser discovered an off-by-one error in the filtering framework, which allows the execution of arbitrary code.

  • CVE-2007-1887

    Stefan Esser discovered that a buffer overflow in the sqlite extension allows the execution of arbitrary code.

  • CVE-2007-1889

    Stefan Esser discovered that the PHP memory manager performs an incorrect type cast, which allows the execution of arbitrary code through buffer overflows.

  • CVE-2007-1900

    Stefan Esser discovered that incorrect validation in the email filter extension allows the injection of mail headers.

The oldstable distribution (sarge) doesn't include php5.

For the stable distribution (etch) these problems have been fixed in version 5.2.0-8+etch3.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 5.2.0-11.

We recommend that you upgrade your PHP packages. Packages for the arm, hppa, mips and mipsel architectures are not yet available. They will be provided later.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5_5.2.0-8+etch3.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5_5.2.0-8+etch3.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5_5.2.0.orig.tar.gz
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php-pear_5.2.0-8+etch3_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5_5.2.0-8+etch3_all.deb
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/libapache-mod-php5_5.2.0-8+etch3_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/libapache2-mod-php5_5.2.0-8+etch3_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-cgi_5.2.0-8+etch3_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-cli_5.2.0-8+etch3_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-common_5.2.0-8+etch3_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-curl_5.2.0-8+etch3_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-dev_5.2.0-8+etch3_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-gd_5.2.0-8+etch3_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-imap_5.2.0-8+etch3_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-ldap_5.2.0-8+etch3_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-mcrypt_5.2.0-8+etch3_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-mhash_5.2.0-8+etch3_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-mysql_5.2.0-8+etch3_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-odbc_5.2.0-8+etch3_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-pgsql_5.2.0-8+etch3_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-pspell_5.2.0-8+etch3_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-recode_5.2.0-8+etch3_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-snmp_5.2.0-8+etch3_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-sqlite_5.2.0-8+etch3_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-sybase_5.2.0-8+etch3_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-tidy_5.2.0-8+etch3_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-xmlrpc_5.2.0-8+etch3_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-xsl_5.2.0-8+etch3_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/libapache-mod-php5_5.2.0-8+etch3_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/libapache2-mod-php5_5.2.0-8+etch3_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-cgi_5.2.0-8+etch3_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-cli_5.2.0-8+etch3_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-common_5.2.0-8+etch3_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-curl_5.2.0-8+etch3_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-dev_5.2.0-8+etch3_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-gd_5.2.0-8+etch3_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-imap_5.2.0-8+etch3_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-interbase_5.2.0-8+etch3_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-ldap_5.2.0-8+etch3_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-mcrypt_5.2.0-8+etch3_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-mhash_5.2.0-8+etch3_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-mysql_5.2.0-8+etch3_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-odbc_5.2.0-8+etch3_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-pgsql_5.2.0-8+etch3_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-pspell_5.2.0-8+etch3_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-recode_5.2.0-8+etch3_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-snmp_5.2.0-8+etch3_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-sqlite_5.2.0-8+etch3_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-sybase_5.2.0-8+etch3_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-tidy_5.2.0-8+etch3_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-xmlrpc_5.2.0-8+etch3_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-xsl_5.2.0-8+etch3_amd64.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/libapache-mod-php5_5.2.0-8+etch3_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/libapache2-mod-php5_5.2.0-8+etch3_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-cgi_5.2.0-8+etch3_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-cli_5.2.0-8+etch3_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-common_5.2.0-8+etch3_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-curl_5.2.0-8+etch3_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-dev_5.2.0-8+etch3_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-gd_5.2.0-8+etch3_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-imap_5.2.0-8+etch3_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-interbase_5.2.0-8+etch3_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-ldap_5.2.0-8+etch3_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-mcrypt_5.2.0-8+etch3_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-mhash_5.2.0-8+etch3_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-mysql_5.2.0-8+etch3_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-odbc_5.2.0-8+etch3_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-pgsql_5.2.0-8+etch3_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-pspell_5.2.0-8+etch3_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-recode_5.2.0-8+etch3_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-snmp_5.2.0-8+etch3_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-sqlite_5.2.0-8+etch3_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-sybase_5.2.0-8+etch3_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-tidy_5.2.0-8+etch3_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-xmlrpc_5.2.0-8+etch3_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-xsl_5.2.0-8+etch3_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/libapache-mod-php5_5.2.0-8+etch3_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/libapache2-mod-php5_5.2.0-8+etch3_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-cgi_5.2.0-8+etch3_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-cli_5.2.0-8+etch3_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-common_5.2.0-8+etch3_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-curl_5.2.0-8+etch3_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-dev_5.2.0-8+etch3_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-gd_5.2.0-8+etch3_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-imap_5.2.0-8+etch3_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-ldap_5.2.0-8+etch3_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-mcrypt_5.2.0-8+etch3_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-mhash_5.2.0-8+etch3_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-mysql_5.2.0-8+etch3_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-odbc_5.2.0-8+etch3_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-pgsql_5.2.0-8+etch3_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-pspell_5.2.0-8+etch3_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-recode_5.2.0-8+etch3_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-snmp_5.2.0-8+etch3_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-sqlite_5.2.0-8+etch3_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-sybase_5.2.0-8+etch3_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-tidy_5.2.0-8+etch3_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-xmlrpc_5.2.0-8+etch3_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-xsl_5.2.0-8+etch3_ia64.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/libapache-mod-php5_5.2.0-8+etch3_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/libapache2-mod-php5_5.2.0-8+etch3_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-cgi_5.2.0-8+etch3_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-cli_5.2.0-8+etch3_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-common_5.2.0-8+etch3_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-curl_5.2.0-8+etch3_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-dev_5.2.0-8+etch3_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-gd_5.2.0-8+etch3_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-imap_5.2.0-8+etch3_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-ldap_5.2.0-8+etch3_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-mcrypt_5.2.0-8+etch3_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-mhash_5.2.0-8+etch3_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-mysql_5.2.0-8+etch3_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-odbc_5.2.0-8+etch3_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-pgsql_5.2.0-8+etch3_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-pspell_5.2.0-8+etch3_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-recode_5.2.0-8+etch3_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-snmp_5.2.0-8+etch3_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-sqlite_5.2.0-8+etch3_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-sybase_5.2.0-8+etch3_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-tidy_5.2.0-8+etch3_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-xmlrpc_5.2.0-8+etch3_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-xsl_5.2.0-8+etch3_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/libapache-mod-php5_5.2.0-8+etch3_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/libapache2-mod-php5_5.2.0-8+etch3_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-cgi_5.2.0-8+etch3_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-cli_5.2.0-8+etch3_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-common_5.2.0-8+etch3_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-curl_5.2.0-8+etch3_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-dev_5.2.0-8+etch3_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-gd_5.2.0-8+etch3_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-imap_5.2.0-8+etch3_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-ldap_5.2.0-8+etch3_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-mcrypt_5.2.0-8+etch3_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-mhash_5.2.0-8+etch3_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-mysql_5.2.0-8+etch3_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-odbc_5.2.0-8+etch3_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-pgsql_5.2.0-8+etch3_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-pspell_5.2.0-8+etch3_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-recode_5.2.0-8+etch3_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-snmp_5.2.0-8+etch3_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-sqlite_5.2.0-8+etch3_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-sybase_5.2.0-8+etch3_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-tidy_5.2.0-8+etch3_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-xmlrpc_5.2.0-8+etch3_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-xsl_5.2.0-8+etch3_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/libapache-mod-php5_5.2.0-8+etch3_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/libapache2-mod-php5_5.2.0-8+etch3_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-cgi_5.2.0-8+etch3_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-cli_5.2.0-8+etch3_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-common_5.2.0-8+etch3_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-curl_5.2.0-8+etch3_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-dev_5.2.0-8+etch3_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-gd_5.2.0-8+etch3_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-imap_5.2.0-8+etch3_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-ldap_5.2.0-8+etch3_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-mcrypt_5.2.0-8+etch3_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-mhash_5.2.0-8+etch3_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-mysql_5.2.0-8+etch3_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-odbc_5.2.0-8+etch3_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-pgsql_5.2.0-8+etch3_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-pspell_5.2.0-8+etch3_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-recode_5.2.0-8+etch3_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-snmp_5.2.0-8+etch3_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-sqlite_5.2.0-8+etch3_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-sybase_5.2.0-8+etch3_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-tidy_5.2.0-8+etch3_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-xmlrpc_5.2.0-8+etch3_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/php5/php5-xsl_5.2.0-8+etch3_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.