USN-761-2 -- php5 vulnerabilitiesID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:700433 | Date: (C)2011-05-13 (M)2024-02-19 |
Class: PATCH | Family: unix |
USN-761-1 fixed vulnerabilities in PHP. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 9.04. Original advisory details: It was discovered that PHP did not sanitize certain error messages when display_errors is enabled, which could result in browsers becoming vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks when processing the output. With cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, if a user were tricked into viewing server output during a crafted server request, a remote attacker could exploit this to modify the contents, or steal confidential data , within the same domain. It was discovered that PHP did not properly handle certain malformed strings when being parsed by the json_decode function. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw and cause the PHP server to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 8.04 and 8.10