Debian Security Advisory
DSA-2527-1 php5 -- several vulnerabilities
- Date Reported:
- 13 Aug 2012
- Affected Packages:
- php5
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2012-2688, CVE-2012-3450.
- More information:
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Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in PHP, the web scripting language. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following issues:
- CVE-2012-2688
A buffer overflow in the scandir() function could lead to denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.
- CVE-2012-3450
It was discovered that inconsistent parsing of PDO prepared statements could lead to denial of service.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 5.3.3-7+squeeze14.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 5.4.4-4.
We recommend that you upgrade your php5 packages.
- CVE-2012-2688