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  2. USN-5818-1

USN-5818-1: PHP vulnerability

Publication date

23 January 2023

Overview

PHP could be made do crash or execute arbitrary code if it received a specially crafted input.

Releases

Packages

  • php7.2 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter
  • php7.4 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter
  • php8.1 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

Details

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or
execute arbitrary code.

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or
execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
22.10 kinetic php8.1-cli –  8.1.7-1ubuntu3.2
php8.1 –  8.1.7-1ubuntu3.2
php8.1-sqlite3 –  8.1.7-1ubuntu3.2
libapache2-mod-php7.4 –  8.1.7-1ubuntu3.2
libapache2-mod-php8.0 –  8.1.7-1ubuntu3.2
libapache2-mod-php8.1 –  8.1.7-1ubuntu3.2
php8.1-cgi –  8.1.7-1ubuntu3.2
22.04 jammy php8.1-cli –  8.1.2-1ubuntu2.10
php8.1 –  8.1.2-1ubuntu2.10
php8.1-sqlite3 –  8.1.2-1ubuntu2.10
libapache2-mod-php7.4 –  8.1.2-1ubuntu2.10
libapache2-mod-php8.0 –  8.1.2-1ubuntu2.10
libapache2-mod-php8.1 –  8.1.2-1ubuntu2.10
php8.1-cgi –  8.1.2-1ubuntu2.10
20.04 focal libapache2-mod-php7.4 –  7.4.3-4ubuntu2.17
php7.4-cgi –  7.4.3-4ubuntu2.17
php7.4 –  7.4.3-4ubuntu2.17
php7.4-sqlite3 –  7.4.3-4ubuntu2.17
php7.4-cli –  7.4.3-4ubuntu2.17
18.04 bionic php7.2-cli –  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.16
php7.2 –  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.16
php7.2-sqlite3 –  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.16
libapache2-mod-php7.2 –  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.16
php7.2-cgi –  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.16

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