Critical PHP Vulnerability in Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04 Exposes Sensitive Information
Summary
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro) - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro) Summary: PHP could be made to expose sensitive information. Software Description: - php7.2: HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter - php7.0: HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter Details: USN-6199-1 fixed a vulnerability in PHP. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain Digest authentication for SOAP. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.
Update Instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro): libapache2-mod-php7.2 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm1 php7.2 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm1 php7.2-cgi 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm1 php7.2-cli 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm1 php7.2-soap 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro): libapache2-mod-php7.0 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm7 php7.0 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm7 php7.0-cgi 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm7 php7.0-cli 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm7 php7.0-soap 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm7 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6199-2
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6199-1
CVE-2023-3247
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