USN-7153-1: PHP vulnerability

USN-7153-1: PHP vulnerability
12 December 2024

PHP could be made to overwrite files.

Releases

• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages
php7.0 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter
php7.2 - HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter
Details
It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled long string inputs
in two database drivers. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to write files in locations they would not normally have
access to. (CVE-2024-11236)

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

Ubuntu 18.04

• libapache2-mod-php7.2 - 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm7
• libphp7.2-embed - 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm7
• php7.2 - 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm7
• php7.2-common - 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm7
• php7.2-dev - 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm7
• php7.2-interbase - 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm7
• php7.2-mysql - 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm7
• php7.2-pgsql - 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm7
• php7.2-sqlite3 - 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm7

Ubuntu 16.04

• libapache2-mod-php7.0 - 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm13
• libphp7.0-embed - 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm13
• php7.0 - 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm13
• php7.0-common - 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm13
• php7.0-dev - 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm13
• php7.0-interbase - 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm13
• php7.0-mysql - 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm13
• php7.0-pgsql - 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm13
• php7.0-sqlite3 - 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm13

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