A PHP security update has been released for Gentoo Linux

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201411-04
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: November 09, 2014
Bugs: #525960
ID: 201411-04

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PHP, the worst of
which could lead to remote execution of arbitrary code.

Background
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PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is
especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-lang/php < 5.5.18 >= 5.5.18
*>= 5.4.34
*>= 5.3.29

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PHP. Please review the
CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
======

A context-dependent attacker can possibly execute arbitrary code or
create a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All PHP 5.5 users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/php-5.5.18"

All PHP 5.4 users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/php-5.4.34"

All PHP 5.3 users should upgrade to the latest version. This release
marks the end of life of the PHP 5.3 series. Future releases of this
series are not planned. All PHP 5.3 users are encouraged to upgrade to
the current stable version of PHP 5.5 or previous stable version of PHP
5.4, which are supported till at least 2016 and 2015 respectively.

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/php-5.3.29"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-3668
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3668
[ 2 ] CVE-2014-3669
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3669
[ 3 ] CVE-2014-3670
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3670

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201411-04.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

  GLSA 201411-04: PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities