Package        : php5
Version        : 5.6.40+dfsg-0+deb8u10
CVE ID         : CVE-2020-7062 CVE-2020-7063


Two security issues have been identified and fixed in php5, a 
server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language.

CVE-2020-7062 is about a possible null pointer derefernce, which would 
likely lead to a crash, during a failed upload with progress tracking.
CVE-2020-7063 is about wrong file permissions of files added to tar with 
Phar::buildFromIterator when extracting them again.


For Debian 8 "Jessie", these problems have been fixed in version
5.6.40+dfsg-0+deb8u10.

We recommend that you upgrade your php5 packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Debian LTS: DLA-2160-1: php5 security update

March 26, 2020
Two security issues have been identified and fixed in php5, a server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language

Summary

CVE-2020-7062 is about a possible null pointer derefernce, which would
likely lead to a crash, during a failed upload with progress tracking.
CVE-2020-7063 is about wrong file permissions of files added to tar with
Phar::buildFromIterator when extracting them again.


For Debian 8 "Jessie", these problems have been fixed in version
5.6.40+dfsg-0+deb8u10.

We recommend that you upgrade your php5 packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS



Severity
Package : php5
Version : 5.6.40+dfsg-0+deb8u10
CVE ID : CVE-2020-7062 CVE-2020-7063

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