| Description: | Description:
The remote host is missing an update to php
announced via advisory MDVSA-2010:140.
This is a maintenance and security update that upgrades php to 5.3.3
for 2010.0/2010.1.
Security Enhancements and Fixes in PHP 5.3.3:
* Rewrote var_export() to use smart_str rather than output buffering,
prevents data disclosure if a fatal error occurs (CVE-2010-2531).
* Fixed a possible resource destruction issues in shm_put_var().
* Fixed a possible information leak because of interruption of
XOR operator.
* Fixed a possible memory corruption because of unexpected call-time
pass by refernce and following memory clobbering through callbacks.
* Fixed a possible memory corruption in ArrayObject::uasort().
* Fixed a possible memory corruption in parse_str().
* Fixed a possible memory corruption in pack().
* Fixed a possible memory corruption in substr_replace().
* Fixed a possible memory corruption in addcslashes().
* Fixed a possible stack exhaustion inside fnmatch().
* Fixed a possible dechunking filter buffer overflow.
* Fixed a possible arbitrary memory access inside sqlite extension.
* Fixed string format validation inside phar extension.
* Fixed handling of session variable serialization on certain prefix
characters.
* Fixed a NULL pointer dereference when processing invalid XML-RPC
requests (Fixes CVE-2010-0397, bug #51288).
* Fixed SplObjectStorage unserialization problems (CVE-2010-2225).
* Fixed possible buffer overflows in mysqlnd_list_fields,
mysqlnd_change_user.
* Fixed possible buffer overflows when handling error packets
in mysqlnd.
Additionally some of the third party extensions and required
dependencies has been upgraded and/or rebuilt for the new php version.
Affected: 2010.0, 2010.1
Solution:
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2010:140
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.3.3
Risk factor : High
CVSS Score:
7.5
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