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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7153-1
December 12, 2024

php7.0, php7.2 vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

PHP could be made to overwrite files.

Software Description:
- php7.2: HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter
- php7.0: HTML-embedded scripting language interpreter

Details:

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled long string inputs
in two database drivers. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to write files in locations they would not normally have
access to. (CVE-2024-11236)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  libapache2-mod-php7.2           7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm7
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libphp7.2-embed                 7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm7
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  php7.2                          7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm7
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  php7.2-common                   7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm7
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  php7.2-dev                      7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm7
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  php7.2-interbase                7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm7
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  php7.2-mysql                    7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm7
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  php7.2-pgsql                    7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm7
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  php7.2-sqlite3                  7.2.24-0ubuntu0.18.04.17+esm7
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  libapache2-mod-php7.0           7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm13
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libphp7.0-embed                 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm13
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  php7.0                          7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm13
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  php7.0-common                   7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm13
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  php7.0-dev                      7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm13
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  php7.0-interbase                7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm13
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  php7.0-mysql                    7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm13
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  php7.0-pgsql                    7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm13
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  php7.0-sqlite3                  7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm13
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7153-1 
<https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7153-1>
  CVE-2024-11236