Linux-Mandrake Security Update Advisory: php update

Jan 19, 2001, 01:17 (0 Talkback[s])

Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 16:35:56 -0700
From: Linux Mandrake Security Team security@linux-mandrake.com
To: Linux Mandrake Security Announcements
Subject: [Security Announce] MDKSA-2001:013 - php update

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                Linux-Mandrake Security Update Advisory

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Package name:           php
Date:                   January 18th, 2001
Advisory ID:            MDKSA-2001:013

Affected versions:      7.2

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Problem Description:

There are two security problems with php4 as shipped in Linux-Mandrake 7.2. It is possible to specify PHP directives on a per-directory basis under Apache and a remote attacker could carefully craft an HTTP request that would cause the next page to be served with the wrong values for these directives. The second problem is that although PHP may be installed, it can be activated and deactivated on a per- directory or per-virtual host basis using the "engine=on" or "engine=off" directive. PHP can "leak" the "engine=off" setting to other virtual hosts on the same machine, effectively disabling PHP for those hosts and resulting in PHP source code being sent to the client instead of being executed on the server. These vulnerabilities are corrected in PHP 4.0.4pl1.

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Please verify the update prior to upgrading to ensure the integrity of the downloaded package. You can do this with the command:
rpm --checksig package.rpm
You can get the GPG public key of the Linux-Mandrake Security Team at
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/RPM-GPG-KEYS
If you use MandrakeUpdate, the verification of md5 checksum and GPG signature is performed automatically for you.

Linux-Mandrake 7.2:
f54b0ce745c1903794522b04eba99576 7.2/RPMS/mod_php-4.0.4pl1-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
c39a3f03e58b3234af7f95e0b1ebbb4d 7.2/RPMS/php-4.0.4pl1-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
b74cd72804ec86a6287dcee0c938eb1a 7.2/RPMS/php-dba_gdbm_db2-4.0.4pl1-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
d29d2c054274a98726da22c2fa2e02c6 7.2/RPMS/php-devel-4.0.4pl1-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
c20961189744753ee91a6fd834a937c0 7.2/RPMS/php-gd-4.0.4pl1-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
e9d3312f15355741243450c7d74872d9 7.2/RPMS/php-imap-4.0.4pl1-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
a68b22849371aaf36fa8e3c1d549dbbf 7.2/RPMS/php-ldap-4.0.4pl1-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
ff06eb076f3e8673b39dc5f260320ee7 7.2/RPMS/php-manual-4.0.4pl1-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
70dc4d1e9175a7ec6dfa1647e7db81ba 7.2/RPMS/php-mysql-4.0.4pl1-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
91f93f9f40b4aa44774a35af508ce17a 7.2/RPMS/php-pgsql-4.0.4pl1-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
4f67c0695fa61c1d76f1cba399441398 7.2/RPMS/php-readline-4.0.4pl1-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
81e7aae1084066990f95a82a2fd07d26 7.2/SRPMS/php-4.0.4pl1-1.1mdk.src.rpm

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To upgrade automatically, use <<MandrakeUpdate>>.

If you want to upgrade manually, download the updated package from one of our FTP server mirrors and uprade with "rpm -Uvh package_name".

You can download the updates directly from:
ftp://ftp.linux.tucows.com/pub/distributions/Mandrake/Mandrake/updates
ftp://ftp.free.fr/pub/Distributions_Linux/Mandrake/updates

Or try one of the other mirrors listed at:

http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ftp.php3.

Updated packages are available in the "updates/[ver]/RPMS/" directory. For example, if you are looking for an updated RPM package for Linux-Mandrake 7.1, look for it in "updates/7.1/RPMS/". Updated source RPMs are available as well, but you generally do not need to download them.

Please be aware that sometimes it takes the mirrors a few hours to update, so if you want an immediate upgrade, please use one of the two above-listed mirrors.

You can view other security advisories for Linux-Mandrake at:

http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security@linux-mandrake.com

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