Description: | Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'php5' package(s) announced via the USN-761-1 advisory.
Vulnerability Insight: It was discovered that PHP did not sanitize certain error messages when display_errors is enabled, which could result in browsers becoming vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks when processing the output. With cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, if a user were tricked into viewing server output during a crafted server request, a remote attacker could exploit this to modify the contents, or steal confidential data (such as passwords), within the same domain. (CVE-2008-5814)
It was discovered that PHP did not properly handle the mbstring.func_overload setting within .htaccess files when using virtual hosts. A virtual host administrator could use this flaw to cause settings to be applied to other virtual hosts on the same server. (CVE-2009-0754)
It was discovered that PHP did not properly handle certain malformed strings when being parsed by the json_decode function. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw and cause the PHP server to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 8.04 and 8.10. (CVE-2009-1271)
Affected Software/OS: 'php5' package(s) on Ubuntu 6.06, Ubuntu 8.04, Ubuntu 8.10.
Solution: Please install the updated package(s).
CVSS Score: 5.0
CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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