Important Security Advisory USN-6305-3 for PHP XML Parsing Issues in Ubuntu
Summary
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary: USN-6305-2 caused a regression in parsing XML. Software Description: - php7.2: HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter - php7.0: HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter Details: USN-6305-2 fixed a vulnerability in PHP. The update caused a regression in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. This update fix it. Original advisory details: It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain XML files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2023-3823) It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain PHAR files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash, expose sensitive information or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-3824)
Update Instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS php7.2 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm4 Available with Ubuntu Pro php7.2-cgi 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm4 Available with Ubuntu Pro php7.2-cli 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm4 Available with Ubuntu Pro php7.2-fpm 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm4 Available with Ubuntu Pro php7.2-xml 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm4 Available with Ubuntu Pro php7.2-xmlrpc 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm4 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 16.04 LTS php7.0 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm10 Available with Ubuntu Pro php7.0-cgi 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm10 Available with Ubuntu Pro php7.0-cli 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm10 Available with Ubuntu Pro php7.0-fpm 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm10 Available with Ubuntu Pro php7.0-xml 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm10 Available with Ubuntu Pro php7.0-xmlrpc 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm10 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6305-3
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6305-1
Package Information