Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS : php5 vulnerabilities (USN-2344-1)
Medium Nessus Plugin ID 77602
Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
Description
It was discovered that the Fileinfo component in php5 contains an integer overflow. An attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted CDF file.
(CVE-2014-3587)
It was discovered that the php_parserr function contains multiple buffer overflows. An attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted DNS records.
(CVE-2014-3597).
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Solution
Update the affected packages.